title: [Diagnostic and therapeutic update on primary duodenogastric reflux].
abstract: The authors, after some remarks on the pathophysiology of primary alkaline gastritis, analyze the main methods, available at present, for diagnosis; they particularly consider the importance of endoscopy and histology, gastroesophageal 24-hours pH-metry and 99mTc HIDA scintigraphy. Successively, they present the criteria for the identification of patients who will predictably benefit from surgical treatment, and examine advantages and limits of the two main corrective surgical techniques for the duodenogastric reflux in patients not previously operated on the gastrointestinal tract: duodenal extramucosal myotomy according to Mattioli, relatively easy to perform, and the "duodenal switch" according to De Meester, technically more complex, but pathophysiologically more acceptable, completely eliminating the duodenogastric reflux.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Civello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anastasio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ippoliti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salvatori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Giovanni
mesh_terms: D004383:Duodenogastric Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Attualità diagnostiche e terapeutiche nella patologia da reflusso duodenogastrico primitivo.