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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Eighteen mongrel dogs underwent handsewn right segmental colectomy. One group was pretreated with methylprednisolone 30 mg/kg intravenously at the time of surgery and 7.5 mg/kg intravenously at 6-hour intervals for 24 hours; the second group served as a saline control. Motility was measured postoperatively by manometric catheters, and propulsion was measured by x-ray evidence of passage of radiopaque markers. Marker studies showed more rapid passage in animals pretreated with steroids, but differences were not statistically significant (P = 0.11). Motility studies showed a significant overall increase in motility in steroid-treated animals on the first postoperative day (P = 0.03); smaller differences on the second or third days were not significant. Motility studies comparing ileum, cecum, and sigmoid showed the ileum to be the site of significant steroid effect (P = 0.02), with insignificant benefit seen in the colon. The data suggest that methylprednisolone may be of some objective benefit in restoration of postoperative bowel motility, and the site of action may be in the small bowel and not at the anastomosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0012-3706
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of methylprednisolone on postoperative bowel motility and propulsion in dogs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article