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Postoperative Stasis after Vagotomy and Pyloroplasty
Author(s) -
Hunt D. R.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1968.tb06254.x
Subject(s) - pyloroplasty , medicine , vagotomy , gastric emptying , duodenal ulcer , surgery , gastroenterology , stomach
Thirty‐two patients who had vagotomy and pyloroplasty performed for duodenal ulcer or its complications have been assessed after operation by the use of a simple radiological test of gastric emptying. Twenty‐seven showed emptying at 24 hours after operation, and this finding was used as a guide to beginning the administration of oral fluids and tube withdrawal. Eight cases of stasis are discussed.