An Evaluation of Motor Function in Transverse Colon Transplants After Total Gastrectomy

Overview

Journal Surg Today

Specialty General Surgery

Date 1998 Mar 20

PMID 9505311

Authors

E Mochiki

N Haga

T Hara

Y Hosouchi

S Takenoshita

A Mizumoto

Z Itoh

Y Nagamachi

Affiliations

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Abstract

The motor activity of the isolated colon is understood less than that of any other part of the gastrointestinal viscus. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the motor activity of the interposed transverse colon following total gastrectomy through a study of 21 patients. Manometric studies were carried out with a 5-lumen, open-tipped catheter in the resting state, in response to dry swallows, and swallowing distilled water and a liquid meal. Contractile waves in the interposed colon grafts were divided into three types, namely, high-amplitude propagated contractions (HAPCs), low-amplitude propagated contractions (LAPCs), and low-amplitude nonpropagated contractions (LANPCs). No retrograde contractions were observed during the entire recording. Motor activity in the interposed colon increased to a greater extent after swallowing distilled water or liquid meals than during the resting period or after dry swallows; however, there was no significant difference between the effect of distilled water and liquid meals. The motor activity of the interposed colon was lower in patients with symptoms than in asymptomatic patients. These results suggest that the volume, rather than the composition, of the lumen contents is an important factor for inducing interposed colon graft contractions, and that contractions of the interposed colon can help to propel the contents of the colon into the duodenum and clear any duodenal juice if reflux should occur.

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