1. Clinical evaluation of sphincter of Oddi manometry
- Author
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Vincent D. Bradley and Otto T. Nebel
- Subjects
Ampulla of Vater ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Manometry ,Postcholecystectomy syndrome ,Gastroenterology ,Recurrent pancreatitis ,Recurrence ,Internal medicine ,Sphincter of Oddi ,medicine ,Humans ,Cholecystectomy ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Clinical efficacy ,Normal control ,business.industry ,Endoscopy ,Syndrome ,medicine.disease ,Pancreatitis ,Anesthesia ,Acute Disease ,Acute pancreatitis ,business ,Clinical evaluation - Abstract
Sphincter of Oddi pressure (SOP) was measured in 50 consecutive patients referred for evaluation of acute pancreatitis (15 patients), recurrent pancreatitis (21 patients), and postcholecystectomy syndrome (14 patients). The mean SOP (±standard error) in the patients with acute pancreatitis (40 ± 4 mm Hg) and recurrent pancreatitis (50 ± 6 mmHg) was significantly greater (P .05) than that of normal control subjects (31 ± 2 mm Hg). The clinical efficacy of this new procedure remains to be determined.
- Published
- 1977