Introduction: Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a relatively new restrictive bariatric procedure that emerged to avoid the problems and to reduce the cost of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. In this study we present the initial short-term outcome of LGP and its effect on gastric emptying and compare it with the results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). <stro...

The effects of proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) and vagotomy with pyloroplasty (V and P) on gastric motility were studied using a solid meal labelled with a radiopharmaceutical agent. In having on-line computer facilities it was possible not only to record the rate of emptying but also to analyse the relative roles of the fundus and the antrum within the overall framework of gastric emptying. In...

Oral glucose tolerance after either partial gastrectomy or vagotomy and pyloroplasty for duodenal ulcer was markedly affected by posture. Peak blood glucoses and the degree of reactive hypoglycaemia were greater in the erect than in the supine position. This is probably due to positional changes in gastric emptying, and our findings support the view that after gastric surgery alteration in gast...

objective(s):this study was carried out to investigate the effects of cox-2 selective inhibitor (celecoxib) or non-selective cox inhibitor (ibuprofen) on gastrointestinal motility. materials and methods: the rats were randomly divided into five groups including: intact, sham, traumatic brain injury (tbi) group (intact rats under tbi), celecoxib group (10 mg/kg), ibuprofen group (10 mg/kg). rats...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study had the purpose of studying gastric emptying in patients with chronic renal failure. MATERIAL AND METHOD Thirty patients with chronic renal failure were studied, 16 in conservative clinical treatment and 14 in hemodialysis for over six months. The control group (CTL) was composed of 18 asymptomatic volunteers. The method of gastric emptying study was scint...

BACKGROUND Although current preoperative fasting guidelines apply restrictions to drinks containing milk because of delayed gastric emptying, the safe volume of milk that can be consumed up to 2 h before surgery on a theoretical basis has not yet been defined. We aimed to determine whether delayed gastric emptying depended mainly on the total amount of calories irrespective of compositional dif...

The etiology of abomasal ulcers/tympany was investigated in 48 animals from 36 ranches in Wyoming and Nebraska. Results indicate that subclinical trace mineral deficiencies of copper and/or selenium exist in the range cattle in west central Nebraska and Wyoming. Etiological agents most frequently incriminated by bacteriologic cultures and/or histopathic examination were Clostridium perfringens ...