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Summary
(1) An extensive segmental gastric resection in which 74% of the acid secreting portion of the stomach by weight is excised, leaving 10% of the entire stomach as the upper fundic pouch anastomosed to the antrum will protect against the histamine-in-beeswax provoked ulcer in the dog. (2) A segmental resection in which 25% of the stomach by weight is left as the fundic pouch will not protect against the histamine-in-beeswax provoked ulcer, whether or not a complemental vagotomy is done.
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