Late Results of Vagotomy Combined with Gastro-jejunostomy or Pyloroplasty in the Treatment of Duodenal Ulceration

Abstract

A social worker questioned 1,200 patients with noti- fied respiratory tuberculosis about their present and past smoking habits: 766 were interviewed at the Birming- ham Chest Clinic and 434 in the three principal Birm- ingham sanatoria. The same worker interviewed as controls 588 patients attending the Birmingham Accident Hospital with minor injuries and 391 patients occupying beds in the surgical wards of a large non-teaching hos- pital in Birmingham.