Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients before cholecystectomy (57%) showed a normal DGRi <7%. In five cases DGRi was greater than 20%. After cholecystectomy, duodenogastric refluxes increased, so that only 16 patients (32%) showed a normal DGRi, while a DGRi >20% was observed in 10 cases. Only eight patients after cholecystectomy and choledochoduodenostomy (23%) presented with a DGRi within the normal range. The remaining 18 had a DGRi >7%. Five of them exhibited a DGRi >20%. Of the nine patients with sphincterotomy, three showed a DGRi >20%. Erythromycin almost completely normalized DGRi in all 18 patients with pathological DGR (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Alexandros Fountos, Emmanuel Chrysos, John Tsiaoussis, Nikolaos Karkavitsas, Odysseas J Zoras, Asterios Katsamouris, Evaghelos Xynos |
Journal | ANZ journal of surgery
(ANZ J Surg)
Vol. 73
Issue 6
Pg. 400-3
(Jun 2003)
ISSN: 1445-1433 [Print] Australia |
PMID | 12801337
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cholecystectomy
(adverse effects)
- Choledochostomy
(adverse effects)
- Duodenogastric Reflux
(drug therapy, etiology)
- Erythromycin
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic
(adverse effects)
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