Abstract
Conclusions
It is difficult to separate out with finality the role of the various factors contributing to the development of stomal ulcer attending employment of a long afferent loop in the operation of complete intragastric drainage of the content of the duodenal loop. The secretin factor can not be divorced completely from the considerations of the “distance” factor. Experiment No. 12 suggests rather definitely that, the “sensitivity” factor is not as important as the other two.
The evidence garnered in this study lends strong confirmation to the deductions arrived at in the previous two studies indicating that, a long afferent duodenojejunal loop invites stomal ulcer in any gastric operation carried out on the Billroth II plan of procedure.
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