[A new method of studying gastric emptying in gastrectomized patients].
OBJECTIVE
We present a new method of assessment of gastric emptying in gastrectomized patients.


METHODS
The gastric emptying of non digestible solids were studied in two groups of gastrectomized patients, the Billroth II (n = 25) and the Roux-en-Y (n = 36) to relate the gastric emptying with the postgastrectomy symptoms.


RESULTS
The food retained in the gastric stump is related with significance with the presence (p = 0.01) and the absence (p = 0.02) of markers. The patients operated on with the Billroth II technique present a higher frequency of markers in the gastric stump (40% over 19.4% with the Roux-en-Y). The markers in the gastric stump are more common with the symptoms of pyrosis, nausea, bilious vomit, diarrhea and the postoperative gastritis of alkaline reflux.


CONCLUSIONS
The method of gastric emptying of non digestible solids is a valid and reliable study of the gastric emptying and should be carried out in all candidates for endoscopy because it is harmless and easy to perform and evaluate.
Hospital Virgen de los Lirios, Alcoy, Alicante.
R
R
Martínez Castro
V
V
Vidal
A
A
Baltasar
M
M
Pérez-Mateo
J
J
Sánchez Cuenca
A
A
Martínez
E
E
Marcote
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery
Nuevo método de estudio del vaciado gástrico en pacientes gastrectomizados.