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Pouches as gastric substitutes

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Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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Abstract

Several sequelae occur as a consequence of gastric resection, whether it is a total or a subtotal gastrectomy. In contrast to the biochemical functions of the stomach such as the production of intrinsic factor or gastric acid, it is possible to restore mechanical tasks such as the reservoir capacity to improve problems due to malnutrition and to prevent reflux of duodenal contents into the oesophagus.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Christian Herfarth MD (Professor and Head)

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Klaus Buhl MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, 5000, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Glyn G. Jamieson FRACS, FACS (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery) (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery)

  2. University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-320, 94143-0104, San Francisco, California, USA

    Haile T. Debas MD (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine) (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine)

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Herfarth, C., Buhl, K. (1994). Pouches as gastric substitutes. In: Jamieson, G.G., Debas, H.T. (eds) Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6621-6_18

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