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R K Teichmann

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Cholecystokinin is partly responsible for reduced food intake and body weight loss after total gastrectomy in rats.

PURPOSE: To determine the cause of body weight loss after total gastrectomy. METHODS: We evaluated the acute effect of exogenous cholecystokinin (CCK) on food intake and the chronic effect of CCK receptor blockade on food intake and body weight after total gastrectomy in rats. RESULTS: Exogenous CCK significantly reduced food intake in gastrectomized rats; this was blocked by administration of a CCK-A but not a CCK-B receptor antagonist. Chronic treatment with a CCK-A or CCK-B receptor antagonist after total gastrectomy in rats significantly increased postoperative food intake and body weight. CONCLUSION: Our data indicate that endogenous CCK is partly responsible for reduced food intake and body weight loss after total gastrectomy in rats.

Animals↗

[Postoperative recurrent gastroduodenal ulcer: pathogenesis--reinterventions--results].

High 10-year recurrence rates following proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV) for pyloric/prepyloric ulcer (31.6%, European trial) result from antral stasis (Dragstedt-mechanism). Additional pyloroplasty reduces the recurrence rate to 16.6%. General causes of recurrence following PGV are primarily incomplete vagotomy and smoking: For incomplete vagotomy (Burge-test) 24.4% recurrences, for complete vagotomy 13.6% (10-year results); in smokers 38%, non-smokers 12%. Therapy is conservative in 80%. Selective gastric revagotomy and antrectomy as reoperation shows lowest recurrence rate (1.2%). The major cause of recurrence after partial gastrectomy is inadequate resection. Conservative therapy is successful in 76%. Reoperation should be transthoracic vagotomy with no mortality in 11 centers.

Gastrectomy↗

[10 years' results following proximal selective vagotomy in duodenal ulcer disease. A prospective study].

The results 10 years after proximal gastric vagotomy for chronic duodenal ulcer disease in a prospective trial are presented. Among 76 patients 5 were lost to follow-up, 3 had died from causes unrelated of ulcer disease. 80.3% of the patients remained clinically free from recurrence. 92.2% had a Visick grade I or II. The symptomatic recurrence rate was 19.7%, total recurrence rate including asymptomatic recurrences having been 25.3%. 6 patients (8.4%) had to be reoperated, 12 (16.9%) were treated medically. 3/4 of the medically treated patients only had 1 recurrence throughout 10 years. The rate of mild dumping and diarrhea was 2% each. Patients with recurrence showed no more significant reduction of BAO or pentagastrin stimulated maximal acid output (MAO) 10 years postoperatively. Patients without recurrence had a significant reduction of BAO and MAO of 42%. Based upon the results presented, the indication for proximal gastric vagotomy for chronic duodenal ulcer is still justified.

Adult↗

Intraoperative biochemical localization of insulinomas by quick radioimmunoassay.

In patients with organic hyperinsulinism, intraoperative determination of insulin concentrations in veins draining the pancreas might help localize the tumor. We have developed a radioimmunoassay measuring insulin within 30 minutes. At operation, blood samples are taken at various sites in the splenic, superior mesenteric and portal veins for insulin determinations. In all six patients, the highest insulin concentrations correlated with the site of the tumor. Also, small insulinomas less than 1 cm in diameter could be found. In one patient the tumor appeared to secrete mainly proinsulin. By this procedure we hope to avoid blind distal resection of the pancreas and possibly invasive preoperative diagnostic procedures.

Adenoma, Islet Cell↗

[Disease picture and operative therapy in multiple endocrine adenomatoses (MEA sydrome)].

We have outlined the symptoms, diagnostic procedures and operative treatment of "multiple endocrine adenomatosis" (MEA I, IIa und IIb). The priority of the operative procedure whenever two or more clinical syndromes in a patient with MEA are present and the possibility of multiple tumors has to be considered carefully. When there is a tumor of an endocrine organ, it should always bethought about the MEA-syndrome. We report about 9 patients seen in our hospital.

Adrenal Gland Neoplasms↗

[Prevention and therapy of gastroduodenal stress bleeding with cimetidine].

In our intensive care unit we were able to prevent almost all bleedings from stress ulcerations in patients with insufficiency of various organs (1,6%) by administering the H2-receptor blocker cimetidine in doses of 8 X 200 mg per day. However, stress ulcer bleedings occurred in 14% of those patients also suffering from a sepsis. At lower doses of cimetidine, the rate of bleeding was comparable to that encountered in patients treated with antacids, i.e. 12,5% patients with multiple organ insufficiency and 42,7% with sepsis. Cimetidine was able to stop less extensive bleedings, but did not show any therapeutic effect in case of bleeding which led to a significant fall in hemoglobin concentration.

Cimetidine↗

[Prevention and therapy of gastroduodenal stress hemorrhage in intensive care patients using the histamine H2-receptor antagonist cimetidine].

In our intensive care unit we were able to prevent almost all bleedings from stress ulcerations in patients with insufficiency of various organs by administering the H2-receptor blocker, cimetidine, in doses of 200 mg eight times per day. However, stres ulcer bleedings occurred in 14% of those patients also suffering from a sepsis. At lower doses of cimetidine, the rate of bleeding was comparable to that encountered in patients treated with antacids, i.e. 12.5% patients with multiple organ insufficiency and 42.7% with sepsis. Cimetidine did not show any therapeutic effect in case of bleeding which led to a significant fall in hemoglobin concentration.

Cimetidine↗