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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;55:1571-1573
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Staged antrectomy and thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy for perforated peptic ulcer disease

Trevor C. Axford, MD, Daniel G. Clair, MD, Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, Steven J. Mentzer, MD, David J. Sugarbaker, MD*

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA

Accepted for publication August 10, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Sugarbaker, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115.

We report the case of a 40-year-old man with a perforated duodenal ulcer who underwent antrectomy at laparotomy, and in whom standard truncal vagotomy was not technically possible due to an intraabdominal abscess. Thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy performed at the level of the inferior pulmonary vein was successful in completely eliminating symptoms due to peptic ulcer disease without producing clinically significant morbidity. The minimal morbidity and short hospital stay suggest that thoracoscopic truncal vagotomy provides a reasonable alternative in patients with complicated intraabdominal abscesses due to peptic ulcer disease.




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