Open AccessLow-Dose Erythromycin Reduces Delayed Gastric Emptying and Improves Gastric Motility After Billroth I Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Author(s) -
Susumu Ohwada,
Yoshihiro Satoh,
Susumu Kawate,
Takayuki Yamada,
Osamu Kawamura,
Toru Koyama,
Sumihiko Yoshimura,
Naoki Tomizawa,
Tetsushi Ogawa,
Yasuo Morishita
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200111000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , erythromycin , gastric emptying , migrating motor complex , pylorus , pancreaticoduodenectomy , gastroenterology , duodenum , stomach , billroth i , gastroparesis , anesthesia , gastrectomy , surgery , pancreas , antibiotics , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To test the hypothesis that early and low doses of erythromycin reduce the incidence of early delayed gastric emptying (DGE) and induce phase 3 of the migratory motor complex in the stomach after Billroth I pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD).