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Gastric Emptying

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Postgastrectomy and Postvagotomy Syndromes

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Abstract

The stomach stores food through the operation of a process usually called receptive relaxation. It mixes and delivers food to the bowel by the process of antral peristalsis.

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemeinchirurgie, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, D-3400, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Professor Dr. med. H. D. Becker

  2. II. Medizinische Klinik, Stadtkrankenhaus, Leimenstraße 20, D-6450, Hanau, Federal Republic of Germany

    Professor Dr. med. W. F. Caspary

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Becker, H.D., Caspary, W.F. (1980). Gastric Emptying. In: Postgastrectomy and Postvagotomy Syndromes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67350-4_7

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