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Congenital pyloric atresia, a rare malformation producing gastric outlet obstruction during the neonatal period, was found in three patients. Sixty per cent of these malformations are membranous in type. Excision of the membrane and Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty, which has been advocated as the procedure of choice, inevitably results in postoperative duodenogastric bile reflux. We suggest that to minimize reflux and hence possible increased risk of future development of gastric ulcer, maximal preservation of pyloric function in the operative management of the malformations is important.
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PMID:Congenital pyloric atresia: a report of three cases. 733 34

Segmental resection of the stomach was first described at the end of the 19th century by Mikulicz, who devised it to preserve the pylorus when performing gastric ulcer surgery. Although this technique was abandoned because of delayed gastric emptying, in 1967 Maki et al. developed a new improved concept of segmental gastrectomy: pylorus-preserving gastrectomy (PPG). The dramatic decrease in the occurrence of gastric ulcers limited the opportunity to perform these operations; however, PPG was then used for treating early gastric cancer, the incidence of which has increased remarkably over the last two decades. From the viewpoint of surgical oncology, a rationale to justify reducing the range of lymphadenectomy is required for preserving the curability. Therefore, we devised a new technique of transectional gastrectomy using sentinel node navigation for early gastric cancer located in the middle third of the stomach. The results of a questionnaire about postoperative symptoms and endoscopic assessment indicated the superiority of transectional gastrectomy over conventional distal gastrectomy. Future confirmation of the sentinel node concept through a multi-institutional validation study conducted by the Japanese Society of Sentinel Node Navigation Surgery would lead to widespread adoption of transectional gastrectomy.
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PMID:Transectional gastrectomy: an old but renewed concept for early gastric cancer. 2042 40

Surgical procedures for the surgical management of duodenal ulcer had evolved through many stages, over the years. It started with gastroenterostomy alone, then followed by subtotal gastrectomy, vagotomy alone, vagotomy and gastro-jejunostomy, vagotomy and pyloroplasty, and highly selective vagotomy - all which started as open surgical procedures. Now unless there are complications the treatment is essentially medical following the work of Marshall and Warren. Currently, even when surgery is indicated, minimal invasive procedures are preferred. Four main types of pyloroplasties are well known. They are Weinberg, Heinecke-Mikulicz, Finney and Jaboulay. Vagotomy can be truncal, selective, and highly selective. Accepted surgical treatment for gastric ulcer is the distal gastric resection to include the ulcerated area, but not resecting more than 50-60% of the stomach. In the uncommon cases of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, aggressive gastric surgery, the use of drugs, and the resection of the tumour have all been recommended in appropriate cases. With the discovery of Helicobacter pylori and its effective medical treatment, surgery has little role in the initial management of peptic ulcer disease. The place of the history of the surgical procedures employed earlier in the treatment of this disease would remain relevant.
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PMID:The evolution of surgical procedures in the management of duodenal and gastric ulcers. 2412 79