Vagotomy is a surgery where part of your vagus nerve is removed. Until antacid medications and stomach bacteria treatments came along, this was one of the main treatments for peptic ulcer disease. The ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Patients who underwent vagotomy were at greater risk for ...

AT LEAST fifty surgical procedures have been employed in the cure of chronic peptic ulcer since Doyen 1 first suggested gastroenterostomy, nearly all of which have been based on arrest or ...

BERLIN — Truncal vagotomy is associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD) at more than 5 years after the procedure, a study reports. The finding supports the hypothesis that ...

MANY surgeons have come to consider subtotal gastrectomy the procedure of choice for duodenal ulcers demanding elective operative therapy. The results of this maneuver are gratifying in most cases.

Parkinson's disease may start in the gut and spread to the brain via the vagus nerve, according to a study. The vagus nerve extends from the brainstem to the abdomen and controls unconscious body ...

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Further evidence supporting the idea that Parkinson's disease (PD) may start in the peripheral nerves in the gut and spread to the central nervous system through the vagus nerve via prion-like ...