[A simple isotope method for studying of gastric emptying of solid foods]

A simple isotope method is explained by the authors for noninvasive functional evaluation of the gastric emptying of solid meal. According to the results of in vitro measurements suitable solid phase labelling was provided by boiling the egg traced with injected Tc-99m-pertechnetate. The evaluation of gastric emptying by means of test meal containing the radiolabelled boiled egg is simple, inexpensive and the radiation hazard is minimal. In cases of intact stomach the gastric emptying of solids (T2 = 115.1 +/- 12.4 min) were significantly slower, than in cases of Billroth I (T2 : 66.7 +/- 6.9 min, p less than 0.01) and Billroth II (T2 = 28.8 +/- 3.3 min, p less than 0.001) resections. Similarly, there was a significant difference (p less than 0.001) between the mean half time values of the two operated groups.