[Disorder in the ratio of cortisol and insulin secretion in peptic ulcer and following vagotomy].

It was established that non-operated patients with duodenal ulcer and patients after organ-saving operations associated with vagotomy show an essential increase of insulin and cortisol secretion and reveal a strict dependence of hormonal secretion on the severity of the pathological process and time after operation. The increased cortisol/insulin ratio correlated with a reduction of the body mass of patients.