Distal stomach appears essential in the regulation of gastrointestinal transit |
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Authors: | Full-Young Chang Ching-Liang Lu Chih-Yen Chen Shou-Dong Lee Ming-Luen Doong Paulus S. Wang |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201 Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan 11217, TW;(2) Department of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, TW |
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Abstract: | Stomach and small bowel both influence gastrointestinal motility. We studied which portion of the stomach was essential for the regulation of gastrointestinal movement and determined the role of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in this regulation. The study subjects consisted of 45 controls, 46 patients after subtotal gastrectomy, and 13 patients after total gastrectomy for stomach cancer. Orocecal transit time was measured, using the hydrogen breath test, to represent gastrointestinal movement, while plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide level was simultaneously assessed. The orocecal transit times in the study groups were (means ± SD) 91.1 ± 45.0, 57.1 ± 34.3, and 60.8 ± 34.8 min, respectively (P < 0.01). In the subtotal gastrectomy patients, age showed a negative correlation with orocecal transit time (r = −0.388; P < 0.01). In the total gastrectomy patients, no particular demographic factor influenced orocecal transit. Plasma vasoactive intestinal polypeptide levels in the three groups were 20.7 ± 10.8, 22.7 ± 10.9, and 20.6 ± 9.1 pg/ml, respectively (NS). We conclude that both types of gastrectomies enhanced gastrointestinal movement, showing a similar effect, and that the distal stomach plus pylorus are most likely to exert an important inhibitory mechanism in the regulation of this movement. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide is not a major peptide mediating this regulation. Received: August 9, 1999 / Accepted: November 26, 1999 |
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Keywords: | : gastrectomy gastrointestinal motility gastrointestinal transit vasoactive intestinal polypeptide |
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