The effects of surgery on gastrointestinal motor activity

Gastrointestinal surgical procedures have the potential to disrupt motor activity in various organs of the gastrointestinal tract or, indeed, throughout the entire alimentary canal. Several of these motor effects have important clinical consequences and have also served to advance our understanding...

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Main Authors: .M.M. Quigley, J.S. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1998-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1998000700003