Antroduodenal Motility before, during, and after Food Intake in Patients with X-Ray-Negative Dyspepsia and Abnormal Duodenal Loop and in Healthy People

Abstract

Antroduodenal motility was studied before, during, and after food intake in patients with X-ray-negative dyspepsia and abnormal duodenal loop and in normals. No differences were observed between X-ray-negative dyspepsia and a proximally located abnormal duodenal loop. Patients with a distal duodenal anomaly had significantly higher food-stimulated duodenal activity than any of the other groups studied, whereas no differences were observed in antral motility.

Key-words:

• Anomaly, duodenal
• dyspepsia, X-ray-negative
• food stimulation
• motility, antroduodenal