AIM This meta-analysis analyzed the efficacy and safety of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C). METHODS We searched seven electronic databases for randomized controlled trials investigating the efficacy of TCM in the treatment of IBS-C. The search period was from inception to June 1, 2017. Eligible RCTs compared TCM with c...

OBJECTIVES To study the pattern of ingestion of radio-opaque foreign bodies in children and to ascertain the average transit time to passage per rectum in order to rationalise future management. METHODS This prospective study consisted of 100 children under the age of 14 years, presenting to the accident and emergency department of the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital having ingested a radi...

While it is well known that prolonged preservation of the intestinal graft causes severe mucosal damage after transplantation, little is known about the effect on neuromuscular function. The entire small intestine of adult hound dogs was flushed and preserved with cold lactated Ringer's solution and autotransplanted either immediately (n = 6) or after 24 hr (n = 6). Animals undergoing sham oper...

Background/Aim—The eVects of diVerent prokinetic agents, the motilide erythromycin and the substituted benzamides metoclopramide and cisapride, were investigated in a rat model of postoperative ileus. These eVects were compared with that of granisetron, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT3) receptor antagonist, and a novel enterokinetic agent, prucalopride, a 5-HT4 receptor agonist. Methods—DiVerent de...

In view of therapeutic advances, we carried out meta-analysis of results from 18 randomized, controlled clinical studies to update a previous meta-analysis and to provide an overview of clinical trials involving treatment of functional dyspepsia. The studies were included only if they satisfied inclusion and exclusion criteria and assessed treatment of functional dyspepsia with the antisecretor...

BACKGROUND/AIM The effects of different prokinetic agents, the motilide erythromycin and the substituted benzamides metoclopramide and cisapride, were investigated in a rat model of postoperative ileus. These effects were compared with that of granisetron, a 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT(3)) receptor antagonist, and a novel enterokinetic agent, prucalopride, a 5-HT(4) receptor agonist. METHODS Di...

A simultaneous stability-indicating HPLC method for the determination of cisapride, methylparaben and propylparaben in oral suspensions has been developed and validated. Baseline separation was achieved on a C18 column at room temperature (25°C) by gradient elution with mobile phase consisting of solvent A: 10% v/v acetonitrile in 0.13% w/v sodium-1pentanesulfonate pH 8 and solvent B: acetonitr...