title: Work in progress: radioisotopic evaluation of gastroplasty patients.
abstract: Radioisotopic gastric emptying studies, using technetium-99m-sulfur-colloid-labeled egg, were performed in 14 patients who had undergone gastroplasty. The radioisotopic method was found to be a good quantitative indicator of the amount of solids that empty from the stomach and a useful tool in the longterm follow-up of gastroplasty patients. It was particularly helpful in evaluating the efficacy of surgery in patients with poor postsurgical weight reduction.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium