title: Experimental study of morphological changes after gastroplasty.
abstract: Twelve rabbits were sacrificed one and three days, one, two, four and eight weeks after horizontal gastroplasty in order to investigate morphological changes after operation. Histology of the proximal pouch of the stomach showed various degrees of mucosal damage and a close relationship between its severity and high pH of the pouch. This suggested the usefulness of pH measurement of the gastric juice in the proximal pouch as an indicator of mucosal damage after gastroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hahnemann University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kholoussy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robie
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D015391:Gastroplasty; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011817:Rabbits; D013270:Stomach / Q000473:pathology*