2006-09-06 14:19:42 · 4 answers · asked by Tammy R 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
No, but i've performed this operation.
the V&A is an outdated treatment for peptic ulcer that has been almost completely replaced by the use of effective acid reducing medications such as H2 blockers and proton pump inhibitors (PPI's). Also, with the recognition that H. Pylori infection is strongly related to peptic ulcer, antibacterial therapy for this organism has greatly improved the medical treatment of this condition. The V&A, a common operation prior to the 80's, is now rarely performed.
If you have any specific questions about this operation, feel free to contact me.
2006-09-06 17:36:07 · answer #1 · answered by bellydoc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a vagotomy and pyloroplasty, along with a gastrectomy when I was 14 years old. Although I didn t have a choice in the matter, as I was a minor, the Military doctor was dying to do this surgery. I was told I would never have another ulcer. I was told I would have dumping syndrome, which would get less frequent with time. It did. I was told I would become hypoglycemic. I did, immediately. Cutting a major nerve in your body is a stupid thing for doctors to do. Especially when they get in there, and find an acid creating benign tumor which was likely the cause of the increased acid in my stomach. Back in the 70 s, military doctors were gung ho to do vagotomies. My dad never had an ulcer in his life, but he did suffer from a very serious life threatening disorder which caused him to bleed out. All of his bleeds were intestinal. They did a vagotomy anyway. A year later, they did one on me, after screwing around with a drug which was just called Histamine, which was supposed to produce the maximum amount of acid possible during a fight or flight situation. I had cardiac arrest, and didn t regain consciousness until 10:30 pm, though I was given the histamine shot at 8:30 am. Can you imagine how my mother felt...getting a call that I had gone into cardiac arrest...after the doc told her that it was a simple test and she did not need to be present? Bloody hell. I woke up in the cardiac intensive care unit of this military hospital, still suffering from shock. If it had been a private hospital, I would have moved earth to sue. I still suffer from tremendous numbers of reactive hypoglycemic reactions, and have passed out in so many places I cannot name them all. I now wear a med id bracelet, but when my blood sugar is low enough for me to lose consciousness, (maybe the high 20"s, low 30 s, I get few or NO symptoms to let me know I am crashing. I think this surgery was a very dangerous and messed up surgery to do to a 14 year old, despite 3 prior years of ulcers. If there is a doc out there who feels like responding, I am open to your opinions. I was clearly a test case.
2016-09-27 17:18:56 · answer #2 · answered by harrisons15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i personally saw both of those procedures performed on a giraffe. it required 2300 stiches to close his neck.
2006-09-06 14:26:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, have you had an addadiktomy
2006-09-06 14:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by doggiebike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋