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- A study measured the emptying of a substitute reservoir in 16 patients who underwent total gastrectomy using the radio-isotope method.
- Among the participants, 15 had continuity restored through an entero-anastomosis, while one patient had an esophagoduodenostomy.
- Results showed faster emptying rates in upright positions, with normal patterns returning when patients were lying down, but no consistent relationship was found with their nutritional states or complaints after eating.
Article Abstract
The substitute reservoir emptying was determined quantitatively in 16 patients with total gastrectomy by means of the radio-isotope method. The continuity was restored in 15 patients by an entero-anastomosis in modification according to Graham and in one patient by esophagoduodenostomy. The investigation was carried out in 11 patients with total gastrectomy in upright position and in 4 patients in lying position. As control group there were used 14 normal subjects. The emptying traces, the radioactive half-life, and the emptying rate show a clear acceleration of the emptying. The behaviour of the emptying returns to normal in lying position. A constant relation of these findings could not be found out compared with the nutritional state or the postprandial complaints.
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