[The failures of surgery in peptic ulcer. Report of 62 reoperations (author's transl)].

62 reoperations were performed in 54 patients for failure of surgery for chronic ulcer. In 15 cases there was a recurrence of an ulcer left in position, in 32 cases there was an anastomotic ulcer, in 4 cases, severe hemorrhage for severe inflammation of the stoma without recurrence of the ulcer and in 11 cases, there were severe functional disorders. The authors are convinced that in the treatment of recurrent ulcer, vagotomy should always complete gastrectomy and vice versa.

[Functional results of 280 Pean type gastrectomies for chronic Cruveilhier ulcer].

The authors review 216 gastrectomies of Péan type for gastric or duodenal ulcer with a follow up of between one and 12 years. In 91 patients, the follow up was more than five years. Six criteria were adopted for the essessment of the functional results: increase in body weight which may be of several types, the diet, post-prandial symptoms, return to work, asthenia recurrent ulcer.