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Gastrectomy

Findings from W.B. Inabnet and co-researchers advance knowledge in gastrectomy

Published in Medical Imaging Week, April 3rd, 2010

According to recent research published in the journal Surgery, "The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and duodenal-jejunal bypass (1 113) on glucose homeostasis and to evaluate the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) scanning for assessing beta-cell mass. Goto-Kakizaki rats were, divided into 4 groups: control, sham, SG or DJB."

"Oral glucose tolerance, insulin, and glucagon.-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) were measured, before and after surgery. Before and 90 days after treatment, [C-11] DTBZ micro PET scanning was performed. The control and sham animals gained more weight compared with SG and DJB animals (P <= .05)....

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