[Intraoperative and early postoperative complications of vagotomy].

Intraoperative complications occurred in 28 (2.8%) and early postoperative complications in 157 (15.7%) out of 1,000 operations for vagotomy in duodenal ulcer (109 truncal, 64 selective, 445 isolated SPV, and 372 SPV combined with draining operations). Postoperative lethality was 1.3%. Controllable types of complications were encountered in 2.6%, prognostic in 9.6%, and non-prognostic in 5.7% of cases. The first two groups of complications accounted for two thirds of the total number and determined the lethal outcome in 0.7% of the fatal cases. Thus, mastering of the operative techniques and realization of the complex of preventive measures allows the postoperative results of vagotomy to be considerably improved.