A new technique is described whereby gastric emptying of a 51Cr-labelled solid meal
(hamburger, vegetables, potatoes) was measured by way of a movable NaJ (T 1) detector …

IN the past two decades the importance of vagotomy in the surgical treatment of duodenal
ulcer disease has become well-established and formsthe basis for the two operative …

A prospective study was performed to determine whether the early postoperative
disturbance of gastric emptying after vagotomy altered with the passage of time. In 20 …

The effects of 2-deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG, 40 to 50 mg per kg intravenously) on liver functions,
glucose, serum potassium, and the electrocardiogram were tested in 60 patients and its …

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

The result of a prospective trial of 40 patients with duodenal ulcer treated either by proximal
gastric vagotomy (antrum innervated) or by selective vagotomy (antrum denervated) shows …

IN a study of patients after total vagotomy with the 2-hour insulin test, Ross and Kay'0
differentiated two types of positive results-a large and early response and a small and …

Basal acid output (BAO) and Maximal acid outputs (MAO) were measured 5 years after
highly selective vagotomy (HSV) in 21 patients who had previously undergone serial testing …

The exocrine pancreatic and biliary secretion in response to vagal stimulation by insulin
hypoglycemia was measured in preoperative patients with duodenal ulcer and in patients …

METHODS THE AUGMENTED HISTAMINE TEST (KAY, 1953; MARKS, BANK, LOUW, AND
VAN EMBDEN, 1962) A radioopaque nasogastric tube was positioned into the dependent …