title: Comparison of the effect of conventional highly selective vagotomy and anterior gastric wall stapling with posterior truncal vagotomy on the gastric emptying rate for solid meals in beagle dogs.
abstract: Anterior gastric wall stapling combined with posterior truncal vagotomy has been used as a new and adequate gastric acid output-reducing procedure. Severing the posterior vagal trunk as well as stapling the anterior gastric wall could impair gastric emptying. In this study, the gastric emptying rate for solid food, using a radionuclide technique, has been evaluated in 2 series of canine experiments. Compared to the results after conventional highly selective vagotomy, a temporary delay in the gastric emptying rate could be found after this new procedure, however, completely normalizing 1 year later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Surgery, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mistiaen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Hee
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blockx
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000601:surgery; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying / Q000502:physiology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000294:innervation / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling / Q000009:adverse effects; D014629:Vagotomy, Proximal Gastric / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015167:Vagotomy, Truncal / Q000009:adverse effects*