Abstract
Summary
Section of the left phrenic nerve is followed by gastric hypotonia and hypokinesia and the presence of a large gas bubble in the fundus of the stomach. Gastric emptying time is shortened considerably. The barium appears to puddle in a moderately contracted intestine. There were no symptoms observed which could be associated with the so-called gastro-cardiac symptom complex. When phrenicotomy is done simultaneously with vagotomy, the vomiting and the gaseous distention of the gastro-intestional tract associated with bilateral supradiaphragmatic vagotomy only, are not seen.
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