[Gastric motility and post-gastrectomy dumping syndrome]

A direct relationship was revealed between disorders of gastric motility before the operation and the frequency and severity of the post-gastrectomy dumping syndrome in patients with peptic ulcer. The level of increase in the frequency and amplitude of the contractions and the basal tonus of the gastric stump may serve as an objective criterion for establishing the severity of the dumping syndrome. Patients with an initial hyperkinetic type of motility are predisposed to the dumping syndrome, which must be borne in mind in choosing a variant of the operation and the method for creating the gastrointestinal anastomosis.