Abstract Background RefluxStop is a non-active, implantable medical device intended to reduce esophageal acid exposure in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). does not affect the lumen and thus might also be suited for hypomotility. Aims To report short-/midterm functional outcomes after implantation of RefluxStop. Methods All who received laparoscopic from 09/2018-12/2022 univ...

This study examined mean retention time (MRT) of particulate and liquid matter in different segments of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of growing Saanen goats of different sexes and subjected to different levels of feed restriction. In addition, feeding behavior and total tract digestibility were determined for all animals ahead of slaughter. In total, 54 Saanen goats (18 each of females, cas...

TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest the study by Amarasiri et al regarding the relationship between gastric dysmotility and asthma using electrogastrography (EGG) and real time ultrasonography. The study was conducted by enrolling 30 asthmatics and 30 healthy volunteers. The study reported that asthmatics showed abnormal gastric myoelectrical activity (GMEA), delayed gastric emptying (GE) and a...

A prospective multifactorial study of symptoms and disturbance of gastrointestinal function has been undertaken in 50 patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia. Objective tests including solid meal gastric emptying studies, gastric acid secretion, E-HIDA scintiscan for enterogastric bile reflux, and hydrogen breath studies were carried out in all patients and validated against control data. Gastroscopy...

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is liberated as part of the immune response to antigenic challenge, carcinogenesis, and radiation therapy. Previous studies have implicated elevated circulating levels of this cytokine in the gastric hypomotility associated with these disease states. Our earlier studies suggest that a site of action of TNF-alpha may be within the medullary dorsal vagal co...