severing of vagus nerve to decrease acid production, done with a gastrectomy, also decreases gastric motility and gastric emptying vagotomy surgical enlargement of pyloric sphincter, commonly done after vagotomy, if its done with a vagotomy it increases gastric emptying pyloroplasty NG tube may be us...
When theupper necksustains trauma such as whiplash it can cause a misalignment. This can also cause temporomandibular dysfunction in a couple of ways. It can cause one side to work harder or sustain more pressure than the other, or it can put excess pressure on the trigeminal nerve. This ca...
H=hepatocyte; BC=bile canaliculus; KC=Küpffer cell; EC=endothelial cell; N=nerve fiber; F=reticulin fiber; S=sinusoid; D=space of Disse; X=gap between sinusoid lining cells; RBC=red blood cell. Bile produced by hepatocytes is secreted into the bile canaliculi between adjacent hepatic cells...
Mauch et al (2023) stated that nerve pain often develops after amputations and peripheral nerve injuries. Two innovative surgical techniques, TMR and regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces (RPNI), are rapidly gaining popularity as alternatives to traditional nerve management; however, their effectiveness...