vagotomy

A vagotomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vagus nerve. It is performed in the abdomen.

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Interventions.Name: Vagotomy
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Interventions.Caption: Course and distribution of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves.
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19,272 papers

Vagotomy without diarrhoea.British medical journal · 1972
Video- and Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Truncal Vagotomy.The American surgeon · 2023
Vagotomy and the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: a Danish register-based study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025
[Hyperselective vagotomy].Polski tygodnik lekarski (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) · 1974

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A vagotomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vagus nerve. It is performed in the abdomen.

==Types== A plain vagotomy eliminates afferent and parasympathetic innervation of the stomach and the left side of the transverse colon. Other techniques focus on branches leading from the retroperitoneum to the stomach.