Electric study of myotomy of the small intestine (author's transl)

The electric activity of the small intestine above and below an oblique myotomy was studied in the rabbit. In most cases, there was noted a definite increase in the amplitude of the electric recording above the functional obstruction showing increased peristalsis. This phenomenon seems to become att...

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Published inJournal de chirurgie Vol. 113; no. 3; p. 311
Main Authors Champault, G, Legout, J, Pourriat, J L, Patel, J C, Leger, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 1977
Subjects
Animals
Electromyography
Electrophysiology
Female
Gastrointestinal Motility - drug effects
Humans
Intestine, Small - drug effects
Intestine, Small - physiology
Intestine, Small - surgery
Neostigmine - pharmacology
Rabbits
Vagotomy
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Summary:The electric activity of the small intestine above and below an oblique myotomy was studied in the rabbit. In most cases, there was noted a definite increase in the amplitude of the electric recording above the functional obstruction showing increased peristalsis. This phenomenon seems to become attenuated with time, perhaps owing to the technical conditions of this study. Myotomy of the small intestine seems, in the light of these recordings, to be very efficacious. The authors compare it with other procedures which may be used to slow intestinal transit and suggest carrying out long or multiple myotomies, perhaps associated with one of the other techniques to increase the efficacy.
ISSN:0021-7697