[Current problems of the surgical treatment of uncomplicated duodenal ulcer].

How to choose treatments for uncomplicated duodenal peptic ulcer is discussed. The data available in the literature suggest that there is a high incidence of recurrent ulcers even after regular. This is evidenced by experience in examining and treating 1414 patients at the Institute of Surgery. A large number. The authors consider a great deal of patients to be unresponsive to drug therapy, in whom the disease is characterized by frequent recurrences and complications. These patients require organ-saving surgical treatment. Selective proximal vagotomy that present the minimum risk is the operation of choice. A five-year follow-up revealed 21.4% of recurrences, which effectively responded to drug therapy. This rate is much less than that observed after drug therapy alone.