Surgical treatment of combined ulcers of the stomach and duodenum

Under consideration were results of treatment of 71 patients with associated ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Resection of the stomach was performed in 11 patients, various kinds of vagotomy--in 61 patients. Long-term results of operations in 69 patients were analyzed. Truncal vagotomy with an obligatory dissection of the gastric ulcer is a reliable method of treatment of the associated ulcers.