Journal article
GALLBLADDER EMPTYING IN MAN RELATED TO FASTING DUODENAL MIGRATING MOTOR CONTRACTIONS
Abstract
Animal studies have shown that the gallbladder (GB) empties partially during fasting in relation to phase II of the interdigestive motor cycle (IDMC). It has been assumed that in man the GB remains inert during fasting, although there have been no studies in which repeated sequential measurements of gallbladder volume have been made and related to the IDMC. In this study the possibility of linkage between the IDMC and GB volume has been …
Authors
Toouli J; Buschell M; Stevenson G; Dent J; Wycherley A; Iannos J
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 147–151
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 1986
DOI
10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01872.x
ISSN
0004-8682