Methods: In a prospective cohort study of 96 subjects presenting as perforated peptic ulcer and treated using Graham's omentoplatsy patch or gastrojejunostomy (with total truncal vagotomy), we ...

In all vertebrate species, ghrelin is mainly produced in the stomach. Ghrelin-containing cells in the stomach are more abundant in the fundus than in the pylorus. 3 The X/A-like cells in the ...

Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, ...

[32] In addition, we now have experience with gastroparesis in postvagotomy and presumed vagal nerve injury settings, including post-Nissen, vagotomy, and pyloroplasty, Billroth I and II ...

Indeed, VN electrical stimulation potently reduces intestinal inflammation restoring intestinal homeostasis, whereas vagotomy has the reverse effect. In this review, we will discuss the current ...

A subtotal gastrectomy and vagotomy for duodenal ulcer had been done 1 year before admission. Physical examination revealed cyanosis while she was taking phenazopyridine. The liver was palpable at ...

Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China Objective: This study aimed to explore the short-term clinical efficacy of modified ...

Correspondence to: K R Palmer, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK; kpalmer{at}golf5063.freeserve.co.uk “Medline” and “EMBASE” were searched to identify the evidence used in ...