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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΝ ΤΗΣ ΟΞΕΙΑΣ ΓΑΣΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΣΕΩΣ

Abstract

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ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION IS MAINLY A POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS AT THE INVESTIGATION OF THOSE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THOSE PROOPERATIVE, OPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE MEASURES, WHICH DIMINISH THE POSTOPERATIVE GASTRIC STASIS ABLE TO RESULT IN ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION. FOR THIS PURPOSE, 16 PATIENTS WITH ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION WERE INVESTIGATED AND THE GASTRIC BEHAVIOR OF 244 OPERATED PATIENTS WAS STUDIED. THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS WERE DRAWN: ACUTE GASTRIC DILATION IS USUALLY THE RESULT OF NON EMPTYING OF THE STOMACHDURING THE OPERATION AND ITS DISTENTION WITH AIR DURING THE INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA. IT ALSO MAY BE RESULT OF INPROPER FUNCTION OF THE RHINOGASTRIC TUBE. THE INCREASED OCCURENCE OF ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION AFTER INJURY AND IN VERY ILL PATIENTS MUST BE KEPT IN MIND. THE RHINOGASTRIC ASPIRATION IS MOSTLY USED UNSUITABLY. THE LIMIT, THE EXTENCE OF GASTRIC STASIS AND THEREBY THE DANGER OF ACUTE GASTRIC DILATATION, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES ARE SUGGESTED. A. IMPROVEMENT OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUE BY AVOIDING PROPOSELESS MANIPULATIONS OF THE VISCERA. B. AVOIDING THE DISTENTION OF THE STOMACH WITH AIR DURING THE INDUCTION OF ANESTHESIA AND MAINTAINING IT EMPTY DURING THE OPERATION AND AFTER IT. C. PROPER POSTOPERATIVE CASE BY THE EARLY MOBILIZATION OF THE PATIENT, AVOIDANCE OF EXCESSIVE USE OF ANALGESIC DRUGS.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Gkonis, Georgios
  • Γκόνης, Γεώργιος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0322
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0322

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Greek National Archive of PhD Theses
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2026-07-24
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citation

Gkonis, Georgios; Γκόνης, Γεώργιος. ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΝ ΤΗΣ ΟΞΕΙΑΣ ΓΑΣΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΣΕΩΣ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0322