RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The selective nerve stain leucomethylene blue as an intraoperative aid to achieving complete vagotomy
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 881
OP 882
DO 10.1136/gut.11.10.881
VO 11
IS 10
A1 Frimer, M. L.
A1 Cohen, M. M.
A1 Harrison, R. C.
A1 Holubitsky, I. B.
YR 1970
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/11/10/881.abstract
AB The recently reported vagal nerve stain leucomethylene blue was assessed in 20 patients as an intraoperative aid to attaining complete vagotomy. Of 101 stained specimens removed at surgery, only 30 (30%) contained nerve tissue. Four of 17 postoperative insulin tests were positive by Hollander's criteria. The dye technique was found to be an unreliable method of ensuring complete vagotomy at the time of surgery.