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Abstract
- 1.1. Vagotomy was performed in seventy-four patients with intractable pain, mainly abdominal, for the purpose of relief of pain.
- 2.2. The method of performance is more or less similar to the vagotomy performed because of peptic ulcer.
- 3.3. The Excellent result is expected most from the following case:
- 3.1.A. The pain of a persistent and vague nature.
- 3.2.B. The pain due to malignant disease.
- 3.3.4. Relief is effective also in the pain outside the innervating of vagus nerve; namely, in somatic pain.
- 3.4.5. Mechanism for relief of pain was studied on the basis of our experiences and examinations. While the exact mechanism for this purpose has not been determined, it is assumed that it has little to do with the interruption of efferent and/or afferent impulse of the nerve, as with the deviation of autonomie nerve.
- 3.5.6. This operation deserves due consideration in preference to other procedures, in relieving such pain as that of cancer and abdominal viscera, in view of its excellent effectiveness, easy performance and absence of side effects.
- 3.1.
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