Effect of proximal gastric vagotomy on insulin- induced gastric H+ and pepsin secretion and serum group I pepsinogens.
The effect of insulin-induced hypoglycemia on serum group I pepsinogens (PG I), gastric H+, and pepsin secretion was studied in 11 duodenal ulcer patients before and 30 days after a proximal gastric vagotomy. The hypoglycemia elicited a significant increase in all the three variables preoperatively but in none of them postoperatively. This suggests that the preoperative increase in serum PG I must be mediated by the vagal nerves. Four of the 11 patients had an incomplete vagotomy by the method of Hollander. Serum PG I did not show any rising tendency in these patients postoperatively. It seems that serum PG I is a less sensitive indicator of the "completeness" of vagotomy than gastric H+ output. The serum PG I response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia can accordingly not be used as a clinical test for completeness of vagotomy.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000097:blood*; D014628:Vagotomy; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D010435:Pepsinogens; D010434:Pepsin A