vagotomy
effects of bilateral vagotomy (cholinergic denervation):
- decreased motility of stomach and intestine
- decreased gastric secretions
- decreased tone of gallbladder and bile ducts
- increased tone of sphincters (Oddi and lower esophageal sphincter)
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2002-04-18