The effects of cholelithiasis and cholecystectomy on gastric emptying.
In this clinical study, four groups, each consisting of 12 patients are established to determine how gastric emptying is influenced in cholelithiasis with accompanied flatulent dyspepsia and the relationship of symptoms and gastric emptying after cholecystectomy. 1. group: healthy people, 2. group: patients with dyspeptic cholelithiasis, 3. group: patients who have no dyspepsia after cholecystectomy, 4. group: patients whose dyspepsia is continued after cholecystectomy. Groups are compared according to solid phase gastric emptying scintigraphies performed with Tc 99m sulfur colloid bound with scrambled eggs. Gastric emptying delayed in second (p < 0.001) and fourth (p < 0.005) groups postprandially and not differed in the third group (p > 0.005). These results demonstrate that dyspepsia, in cholelithiasis and persisting after cholecystectomy have a close relation with delay in gastric emptying.
Department of Surgery of Taksim Hospital, Istanbul.
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Köksoy
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Bulut
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Köse
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Soybir
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Yalçin
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Aker
D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged