Assessment of completeness of vagotomy has always been an irksome and time‐
consuming affair. The commonly employed test of insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia …

Peak acid output in response to sham feeding and changes in urine acid output 2 and 3
hours after a test meal have been measured in 20 normal volunteers, 17 asymptomatic …

Spontaneous and maximum acid secretion was measured before, and 10 days and 3
months after proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) to determine the optimal time for testing the …

Gastric emptying of 5 per cent and 10 per cent glucose test meals has been measured in 43
patients with a duodenal ulcer prior to surgery and in 52 patients with an unsatisfactory …

Maximal acid output and insulin tests were carried out in a series of 56 consecutive patients
who had either a truncal or a bilateral selective vagotomy and drainage operation. The …

The gastric acid response to insulin hypoglycemia represents an effect of several stimulatory
and inhibitory mechanisms. In the intact stomach the direct vagal excitation of the acid …

Sham feeding is thought to stimulate gastric acid secretion solely via vagal pathways. We
evaluated whether sham feeding can be used as a test for vagotomy. From results in 50 …

METHODS Testing of gastric acid secretion was by the routine method used in our
laboratory. Briefly, after an overnight fast a 16 FG duodenal tube with a metal tip was passed …

In sixteen patients with chronic duodenal ulcer, the effect of oral and intravenous
propantheline bromide on gastric acid secretion was compared with that of surgical truncal …

PCP-GABA, an analogue of the neurotransmitter amino acid, GABA, is as effective a
stimulant of vagal centers and acid secretion as sham feeding. Insulin hypoglycemia, a test …