[Vagotomy in surgery of perforated gastric and duodenal ulcers].

Vagotomy is recommended by the author for the treatment of peptic ulcers. Vagotomy in combination with operations on the stomach and without them was used in 92 of 148 patients operated upon for the ulcer perforation. Lethality following suturing of the perforation hole was 7.7%, following vagotomy and the elimination of the perforation hole it was 1,1%. On the basis of the data obtained the author recommends vagotomy for the treatment of gastroduodenal ulcers complicated by perforation.