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The effect of vagotomy on gastric emptying of solid and liquid components of a meal

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Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and Disease

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The effects of various surgical procedures on gastric emptying have been studied by several groups of workers in recent years1–9. Some measure of agreement is now emerging, following recognition that apparently conflicting results may be explained by the fact that emptying patterns of liquids and solids may differ, and that emptying rates during the first few minutes after a meal may bear no relationship to the rates occurring thereafter. There have been few studies in which emptying of the liquid and solid components of a mixed meal have been measured simultaneously, and in this paper we report our use of a scintigraphic technique to study this in patients who have undergone truncal vagotomy and pyloroplasty or highly selective vagotomy on account of chronic duodenal ulceration.

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  1. J. W. Millar
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  1. The Royal Infirmary, University Surgical Department, Sheffield, UK

    H. L. Duthie (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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Millar, J.W., McLoughlin, G.P., Macleod, I.B., Heading, R.C. (1978). The effect of vagotomy on gastric emptying of solid and liquid components of a meal. In: Duthie, H.L. (eds) Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4389-1_23

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