Abstract Introduction: There are many studies about the inhibitory effect of the esophageal distention (ED) on gastric motility. Recently, it has been shown that ED decreases the gastric secretions. It is well established that the inhibitory effect of ED is mediated by activation of vago-vagal inhibitory reflex. However, there is not any investigation about the effect of the reflex on the gast...

Steatorrhoea and diarrhoea follow all types of gastric surgery but their incidence is probably highest when vagotomy is performed. This investigation was undertaken in an attempt to answer the following questions: What is the incidence of diarrhoea and steatorrhoea after vagotomy accompanied by either pyloroplasty or gastrojejunostomy? Is there a significant difference in the incidence of steat...

The early results of a prospective randomized clinical trial of selective proximal vagotomy with and without gastric drainage in a total of 36 patients are reported. In spite of adequate average acid reduction and little evidence of gastric retention two definite recurrent ulcers have occurred in the 16 patients who did not have a pyloroplasty. Further trials of the effect of selective proximal...