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11083361

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-17
pubmed:abstractText
We describe 2 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) for whom the gastric emptying scan (GES) was crucial for determining the correct surgical approach in the therapeutic management of gastrointestinal complaints. Two men, ages 45 and 51 years, were admitted to a university hospital for delayed gastric complications from SCI. Both SCIs were traumatic, and the interval since injury was 18 months for the younger man and 6 months for the older man. Both men lacked voluntary motor and sensory function below the cord level of the lesion and had quadriplegia. Using GES, we measured motility (the cutoff for normal in this laboratory is 37%) and the time at which half the gastric contents were emptied (normal values are 45 +/- 8 min). Both patients had abnormal motility: residuals at 1 hour were above 50%. Half the gastric contents were emptied at 75 and 90 minutes, respectively. The therapeutic value of the GES was demonstrated for both patients, in combination with the history, physical examination, and abdominal radiographic studies. The first patient underwent ileostomy, and the second required a gastrostomy tube and a jejunostomy tube in addition to metoclopramide. The GES is a valuable diagnostic tool with an important role in the surgical management of patients with SCI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1531-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The gastric emptying scan as a tool for surgical management of severe bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury: 2 case reports.
pubmed:affiliation
Southern NE Rehabilitation Center, Providence, RI 02907, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports