A vagotomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vagus nerve. It is performed in the abdomen. A plain vagotomy eliminates afferent...
As of 2008[update], a yearlong double-blind, phase II trial had begun. Vagotomy (cutting of the vagus nerve) is a now obsolete therapy that was performed...
subsequent bilateral vagotomy. Cats with pontine lesions had a prolonged inhalation duration. In cats, after anaesthesia and vagotomy, pontine transaction...
(BII) reconstruction method. Quite often, antrectomy is used alongside vagotomy to maximise its safety and effectiveness. Modern antrectomies typically...
the antral portion of the stomach. Other surgical approaches include: vagotomy, the severing of the vagus nerve, the Billroth I, a procedure which involves...
syndrome chronic diarrhea. Colestyramine is also useful in treating post-vagotomy diarrhea. Colestyramine can be helpful in the treatment of Clostridium...
predominance with regard to GERD. An obsolete treatment is vagotomy ("highly selective vagotomy"), the surgical removal of vagus nerve branches that innervate...
the peripheral nervous system Cranial and peripheral nerves Nerve block Vagotomy Axotomy Neurectomy Sympathetic nervous system Ganglionectomy Sympathectomy...
which supplies the pylorus. It is cut in selective vagotomy and preserved in highly selective vagotomy. It functions by increasing peristalsis and relaxing...
motility in the stomach (gastroparesis) and surgeries on the stomach (such as vagotomy or gastric bypass) are associated with the development of phytobezoars...
level of hormones doesn't change. The administration of atropine, the vagotomy, blocks pancreatic polypeptide secretion after meals. The excitation of...
pressure lowers to a normal level. As it is caused due to vagal stimulation, vagotomy is considered as last treatment resort. [citation needed]. Curling ulcer...
N, Liu J, Shaheen S, Du L, Proctor M, Roman J, et al. (August 2015). "Vagotomy attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice". Scientific Reports...
the case of hiatal hernia or other esophageal type Roemheld syndrome. Vagotomy, a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vagus nerve. Beta...
structural changes Bariatric surgery (Weight loss surgery) Gastrectomy; Vagotomy Due to mucosal abnormality Coeliac disease Cows' milk intolerance Fructose...
Heidelberg (1997). ISBN 9783642592508. With A. C. Yankah and R. Hetzer "Vagotomy through mediastinoscopy for pulmonary osteoarthropathy. British Journal...
past a gastrectomy for peptic ulcer disease was often accompanied by a vagotomy, to reduce acid production. This problem is now managed with proton pump...
procedure for patients that have regained weight after gastric bypass Vagotomy—Cutting of the vagus nerve to reduce the feeling of hunger Syn, Nicholas...
Secondary to various gastrointestinal diseases including cholecystectomy, vagotomy, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, radiation enteropathy, celiac disease...
distension abnormalities in dysmotility like functional dyspepsia and after vagotomy". Gut. 37 (1). BMJ: 17–22. doi:10.1136/gut.37.1.17. ISSN 0017-5749. PMC 1382761...
main source of parasymathetic afferents for the hepatic plexus. Selective vagotomy of the anterior vagal trunk can be performed distal to the hepatic branch...
(Marie's Disease) may respond to surgical removal of the chest mass or vagotomy. Patients in endemic areas should also be tested for co-infection with...
organism. Lesions of the area postrema are sometimes referred to as 'central vagotomy' because they eliminate the brain's ability to monitor the physiological...
the carotid sinus is used to treat Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity. In a vagotomy, the vagus nerve is surgically removed to treat peptic ulcer disease through...
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