Open AccessIleocecal Valve as Substitute for the Missing Pyloric Sphincter After Partial Distal Gastrectomy
Author(s) -
Jürg Metzger,
Lukas Degen,
Christoph Beglinger,
Martin Siegemund,
Wolfgang Studer,
Michael Heberer,
F. Harder,
Markus O. von Flüe
Publication year - 2002
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 - 10.1097/00000658-200207000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , ileocecal valve , gastrectomy , sphincter , surgery , esophageal sphincter , ileum , cancer , disease , reflux
Accelerated gastric emptying (including dumping syndrome) occurs frequently after gastric resections, largely resulting from rapid entry of meal contents into the small intestine. The authors hypothesized that an ileocecal segment used as an interpositional graft placed between the remaining part of the stomach and the small intestine would slow down food transit and thus replace pyloric function.