Electromyographic activity of gastrointestinal tract of patient with short-bowel syndrome
Coelho, J.C.; Wiederkehr, J.C.; Campos, A.C.; Clemente, L.
Nutrition 9(4): 357-359
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0899-9007 PMID: 8400593 Document Number: 407571
Electromyographic recordings were obtained from a patient with short-bowel syndrome. Eight recording sessions were performed in almost 3 months, during fasting and fed states. Slow waves were always present, and their frequencies were similar during both states. Phase III of the migrating motor complex (MMC) was not identified in any of the 4 recordings performed in the 1st month after the operation. Afterward, phase III was observed in 3 of 4 recordings. Ingestion of milk caused substitution of the MMC by the fed pattern in all 8 recordings. It is concluded that extensive small-bowel resection causes temporary disappearance of phase III of the MMC. A change from a fasting to a fed pattern after food ingestion is normal.