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  • Title: [A new method of studying gastric emptying in gastrectomized patients].
    Author: Martínez Castro R, Vidal V, Baltasar A, Pérez-Mateo M, Sánchez Cuenca J, Martínez A, Marcote E.
    Journal: Rev Esp Enferm Dig; 1995 Nov; 87(11):769-73. PubMed ID: 8534530.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: We present a new method of assessment of gastric emptying in gastrectomized patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The gastric emptying of non digestible solids were studied in two groups of gastrectomized patients, the Billroth II (n = 25) and the Roux-en-Y (n = 36) to relate the gastric emptying with the postgastrectomy symptoms. RESULTS: The food retained in the gastric stump is related with significance with the presence (p = 0.01) and the absence (p = 0.02) of markers. The patients operated on with the Billroth II technique present a higher frequency of markers in the gastric stump (40% over 19.4% with the Roux-en-Y). The markers in the gastric stump are more common with the symptoms of pyrosis, nausea, bilious vomit, diarrhea and the postoperative gastritis of alkaline reflux. CONCLUSIONS: The method of gastric emptying of non digestible solids is a valid and reliable study of the gastric emptying and should be carried out in all candidates for endoscopy because it is harmless and easy to perform and evaluate.
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