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- A vagotomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vagus nerve. It is performed in the abdomen. A plain vagotomy eliminates afferent...
- As of 2008[update], a yearlong double-blind, phase II trial had begun. Vagotomy (cutting of the vagus nerve) is a now obsolete therapy that was performed...
- subsequent bilateral vagotomy. Cats with pontine lesions had a prolonged inhalation duration. In cats, after anaesthesia and vagotomy, pontine transaction...
- Post-vagotomy diarrhea is a form of diarrhea which occurs in 10% of people after a truncal vagotomy, which can range from severe to debilitating in approximately...
- which supplies the pylorus. It is cut in selective vagotomy and preserved in highly selective vagotomy. It functions by increasing peristalsis and relaxing...
- the antral portion of the stomach. Other surgical approaches include: vagotomy, the severing of the vagus nerve, the Billroth I, a procedure which involves...
- (BII) reconstruction method. Quite often, antrectomy is used alongside vagotomy to maximise its safety and effectiveness. Modern antrectomies typically...
- syndrome chronic diarrhea. Colestyramine is also useful in treating post-vagotomy diarrhea. Colestyramine can be helpful in the treatment of Clostridioides...
- the peripheral nervous system Cranial and peripheral nerves Nerve block Vagotomy Axotomy Neurectomy Sympathetic nervous system Ganglionectomy Sympathectomy...
- predominance with regard to GERD. An obsolete treatment is vagotomy ("highly selective vagotomy"), the surgical removal of vagus nerve branches that innervate...