24 hours gastric pH metry in patients with distal partial gastrectomy

Background: Duodenogastric reflux after distal patrial gastrectomy is associated with various symptoms that are often detrimental to patients' quality of life. There is the question whether the gastric content is acidic or mixed and how cure it? Methods: In total 60 patients who had undergone gastrectomy 33 had Billroth I, 27 had Billroth II resections, and 20 healthy controls were entered in study. The mean age: 63±9,9 year, 35 women and 45 men. All investigated patients underwent gastroduodenoscopy and 24-h gastric pH monitoring. The results of different groups were compared and statistically evaluated with c2…