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R Calabuig1, S Navarro, I Carrió

  • 1Department of Surgery, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

American Journal of Surgery
|March 1, 1989
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Gastric surgery patients developing bezoars showed normal gastric emptying of solid meals. This suggests that factors beyond delayed digestion contribute to bezoar formation in these individuals.

Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Surgical Complications

Background:

  • Bezoars are undigested material masses in the stomach.
  • They often manifest as late complications following gastric surgery.
  • Secondary changes in gastric motility are suspected causes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gastric emptying in patients with bezoars after gastric surgery.
  • To compare gastric emptying in bezoar patients with operated patients without bezoars.

Main Methods:

  • Studied 10 patients with bezoars post-gastric surgery (vagotomy, antrectomy, etc.).
  • Utilized technetium-99m (Tc 99m)-labeled solid meal scintigraphy to assess gastric emptying.
  • Compared results with a control group of post-gastric surgery patients without bezoars.

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Main Results:

  • Gastric retention of Tc 99m-labeled solids at 45, 75, and 105 minutes was 85%, 79%, and 65%, respectively.
  • No significant differences in gastric emptying were observed between patients with and without bezoars.
  • This indicates normal gastric digestive phase function in these patients.

Conclusions:

  • Gastric emptying of solids does not appear to be the primary factor in bezoar formation post-gastric surgery.
  • Other factors, not related to the digestive phase, likely contribute significantly to bezoar development.
  • Further research into non-motility related factors is warranted.