The pathophysiology of gastric surgery.
Gastric surgery may be followed by mechanical postoperative problems, usually due to impaired gastric emptying or the afferent loop syndrome, recurrent dyspepsia, the early or late dumping syndrome, diarrhoea, or nutritional disturbances. The pathophysiological basis of these disorders is discussed and their clinical features are briefly considered.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003967:Diarrhea; D004377:Dumping Syndrome; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000209:etiology; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*