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Numerous studies have been made of upper gastrointestinal tract motility in man after laparotomy: radiographic1, pressure2, and myoelectrical3 recording techniques amongst them. Some by their nature do not lend themselves to prolonged gathering of data but simply sample events from time to time; other studies, although continuous, have been for fairly brief periods. We took the opportunity, therefore, to record intraluminal gastrointestinal pressures continuously for periods of up to 4 days after abdominal surgery. Particular study was made of the timing of the return of gastric and duodenal activity after closure of the abdomen, the evolution of patterns of motility, and the effects of drugs and of the surgery itself.
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Catchpole, B.N., Duthie, H.L. (1978). Postoperative gastrointestinal complexes. In: Duthie, H.L. (eds) Gastrointestinal Motility in Health and Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4389-1_5
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