Abstract
Highly selective vagotomy was performed on five dogs. Postoperatively, gastrin cell (G cell) hyperplasia occurred in all dogs. Mean preoperative G cell numbers increased from 350 to 530/cm mucosal length (p < 0.02). Antral tissue gastrin also increased by 100 per cent (6.7 × 106 to 13.7 × 106 pg/gm tissue, p < 0.05). Basal and stimulated serum gastrin were unchanged following highly selective vagotomy. The cause for G cell hyperplasia is not clear, but is probably multifactorial.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-115 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | The American Journal of Surgery |
Volume | 137 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1979 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:From the Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This work was supported by USPHS grant #5ROi AM19326-02. National Institutes of Health. Reprint requests should be addressed to John P. Delaney, MO, PRD. Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, Box 89, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Presented at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 23-24. 1978.