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Intestinal motility

Preliminary studies with telemetering capsules and synchronized fluorocinematography

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The motor activity of the small intestine and colon has been studied in 27 asymptomatic patients by means of manometry by endoradiosonde combined with synchronized fluorocinematography.

In the small intestine, Type I waves were associated with ring-like, nonpropulsive contractions and Type III waves were seen to accompany propulsion of intraluminal contents.

Ingestion of food caused an increase in rate and amplitude of intraluminal waves in both the small intestine and colon; an increase in propulsion of contents after eating was noted in the small intestine, but not in the colon.

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  1. From the Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia Clinica dell'Universitá di Roma (direttore prof. Cataldo Cassano), Rome, Italy

    Maria Letizia Ramorino M.D. & Corrado Colagrande M.D.

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  1. Maria Letizia Ramorino M.D.
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The authors are grateful to Dr. John T. Farrar for constant advice and help. The research described had its beginnings during the time that one of us was on the staff of the Gastroenterology Section of the Veterans Administration Hospital. New York, X. Y.

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Ramorino, M.L., Colagrande, C. Intestinal motility. Digest Dis Sci 9, 64–71 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232680

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