Linear gastrectomy: an endoscopic staple-assisted anterior highly selective vagotomy combined with posterior truncal vagotomy for treatment of peptic ulcer disease.

A technique of anterior highly selective vagotomy is described that uses an endoscopic stapling device to facilitate and speed the procedure. Further study is necessary to ascertain the long-term recurrence rate for this new procedure, but it shows great promise as a simplified procedure for laparoscopic application in peptic ulcer disease.