Indications for the use and the procedure of transverse gastric resection with preservation of the pyloric sphincter

: On the grounds of experimental and topographo-anatomic findings and surgical experience with 62 patients the authors present the indications for and technic of transverse resection of the stomach with the preservation of the pyloric constrictor. Three modifications of this operation developed by the authors are described. These modifications were used for the treatment of peptic and duodenal ulcer, polyposis and benign tumor of the stomach. The peculiarities and nerves, maximal vascularization and innervation of the pyloric constrictor, natural passage of the food from the stomach.