Methodology for determining the anthrofundal border of the stomach in the surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease
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The Body
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Special methods allowing during the operation to establish the boundary between the mucous membrane of the body and the antral part of the stomach have an important practical value. Knowledge of gastric secretory topography provides clear performance of organ-saving operations (antrumectomy and selective proximal vagotomy). We propose to "cut out" the gastric stump so that it retains a part of the vagal nerve branches (in the area of cardia, esophagus, along the right gastroesophageal artery) and in its distal part it is represented by the antral part of the stomach.