EFFECTS OF EXTRA-MUCOSAL DUODENAL MYOTOMY IN DOGS

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 118  (5) , 359-361
Abstract
Numerous experimental and clinical observations have established the role of hypertonic duodenal dyskinesia in the etiology of duodenogastric reflux and delayed emptying of the stomach. The original procedure proposed, section of the duodenal muscle fibers demonstrated a relative hypotonia of the viscera and maintenance of antropyloroduodenal coordination. The effects of extramucosal duodenal myotomy after short- and long-term follow-up in dogs were: reduction in gastric emptying time, absence of duodenal stagnation and lack of morphological changes in the viscera, were confirmed. Unfavorable in duodenogastric reflux, it has favorable effects on gastric emptying and antral function.