SYMPTOMS AND PATIENTS' ADJUSTMENT AFTER SUBTOTAL GASTRECTOMY
Authors: H P ROTH, C L COGBILL, H M ONUFROCK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 July 1959SYMPTOMS AND PATIENTS' ADJUSTMENT AFTER SUBTOTAL GASTRECTOMYHAROLD P. ROTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES L. COGBILL, M.D., HELEN M. ONUFROCK, B.S.HAROLD P. ROTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES L. COGBILL, M.D., HELEN M. ONUFROCK, B.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-1-23 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONResults of gastric resection for peptic ulcer are said to be good in 85 to 90% of cases. Our results have also been good in that almost all of our patients have had no further symptoms or complications due to peptic ulcer, but they have had symptoms due to their gastrectomy. Often these have been mild, or the patient has adjusted to them so completely that he does not even mention them unless questioned specifically. When patients are carefully questioned, however, it becomes apparent that many have symptoms subsequent to surgery, and that these often influence their ability to...Bibliography1. ShingletonBaylinIsleySandersRuffin WWGJJKAPJM: A study of fat absorption after gastric surgery using I131 labeled fat, Ann. Surg. 144: 433-440 (Sept.) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BrowningHouseworth JSJH: Development of new symptoms following medical and surgical treatment for duodenal ulcer, Psychosom. Med. 15: 328-336 (July-Aug.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. WarrenMeadows REC: Subtotal gastrectomy or vagotomy for peptic ulcerations, New England J. Med. 240: 367-373 (Mar. 10) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Rauch RF: An evaluation of gastric resection for peptic ulcer; review of 893 cases, Surgery 32: 638-653 (Oct.) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. RossWalsh JCA: The results of partial gastrectomy; review of follow-up of 180 cases of partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer, Post-Grad. M. J. 25: 269-272 (June) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. AndersonGunnWatt CDRTJK: Results of partial gastrectomy in treatment of peptic ulcer, Brit. M. J. 1: 508-511 (Feb. 26) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. BellShererKeenoy LGBDJJ: Experiences with subtotal gastric resection, Ann. Surg. 137: 516-522 (Apr.) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. CusterButtWaugh MDHRJM: The so-called "dumping syndrome" after subtotal gastrectomy, Ann. Surg. 123: 410-418 (Mar.) 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BjerreEngbergFeldthusen BJU: Mode of life and capacity for work of patients after resection of stomach, Ugesk. f. læger 115: 46-47 (Jan. 8) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Van GoidsenhovenApplemansHendrickxJoossensVuylstekeStaessen FRMJVCAA: Les suites eloignees de la gastrectomie subtotale du point de vue clinique, Acta gastro-enterol. belg. 9: 254-299 (June) 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. McDonaldGillespieLaBree OGMGRH: Treatment of duodenal ulcer by subtotal gastric resection; 10-year study, Arch. Surg. 67: 444-450 (Sept.) 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Gaviser D: Clinical investigation and evaluation of 416 cases consecutively operated upon for peptic ulcer, Surgery 24: 873-916 (Nov.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Porter HW: Partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer, Edinburgh M. J. 55: 549-562 (Sept.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. MetcalfCooperSmithwick PBPRH: Subtotal gastrectomy for peptic ulcer, Ann. Surg. 142: 924-937 (Dec.) 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. Meurling S: Postcibal symptoms after partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer, 1953, Almquist and Wiksells Boktryckeria AB, Uppsala. Google Scholar16. Szasz TS: Psychiatric aspects of vagotomy. II. A psychiatric study of vagotomized ulcer patients with comments on prognosis, Psychosom. Med. 11: 187-199 (July-Aug.) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. AppelRosen JSR: Psychotic factors in psychosomatic illness, Psychosom. Med. 12: 236-243 (July-Aug.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18. JordanBoltonDeBakey GLBFME: Experience with gastrectomy at a veterans hospital, J. A. M. A. 161: 1605-1613 (Aug. 25) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cleveland, Ohio*Received for publication September 5, 1958.From the Veterans Administration Hospital and the School of Medicine, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harold P. Roth, M.D., 7300 York Road, Cleveland 30, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPsychiatric Manifestations of Gastrointestinal DisordersMagenPrecipitating Factors in the Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 1 July 1959Volume 51, Issue 1Page: 23-30KeywordsGastrectomyHospital medicineIngestionPeptic ulcersSurgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...