Gastric Fistula
Cross-source consensus on Gastric Fistula from 1 sources and 4 claims.
1 sources · 4 claims
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- A gastric fistula can result from injury and abnormal healing, leaving a permanent opening in the stomach wall. — Beaumont's Experiments on Gastric Digestion via Stomach Fistula
- At rest, gastric contents including food and stomach secretions protrude slightly from a stomach fistula opening. — Beaumont's Experiments on Gastric Digestion via Stomach Fistula
- During eating, stomach muscle contractions cause gastric secretions to retract back into the stomach. — Beaumont's Experiments on Gastric Digestion via Stomach Fistula
- St. Martin's gastric fistula was documented in medical literature including pencil drawings in The Physiology of Digestion. — Beaumont's Experiments on Gastric Digestion via Stomach Fistula