[Changes in liver exocrine function after resection of the stomach for peptic ulcer]

Bile components were assayed biochemically in 30 patients at long-term periods after gastric resection for peptic ulcer. The data obtained indicate a considerable drop in the concentration and output of cholic acid and phospholipids in the majority of the patients. The disorders of the concentration and output of cholesterol in both bile portions appeared dissimilar: part of the patients manifested a reduction in the indicators under study, whereas the remaining patients an increase.