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Videofluoroscopy of gastrointestinal motility

by Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Ehrlein
University of Hohenheim,  Germany

with English commentaries

  1. Stomach
    1. Motor function
      1. Function of the antral pump (animation)
      2. Antral pump
      3. Antroduodenal coordination(animation)
      4. Antroduodenal coordination
      5. Duodenal peristaltic waves
      6. Rapid emptying of saline (animation)
      7. Rapid emptying of saline
      8. Slow emptying of viscous meal (animation)
      9. Slow emptying of viscous meal
      10. Emptying of solids (animation)
      11. Emptying of solids
      12. Lag phase after potato-dumplings
      13. Gastric sieving function (animation)
      14. Sieving function
      15. The pump of the gastric reservoir (animation)
      16. The pump of the reservoir
      17. Final emptying of liquids
      18. Final emptying of viscous meal
    2. Gastric balance
      1. Gastric balance (animation)
      2. Normal gastric balance
      3. Effect of gastrin (animation)
      4. Effect of gastrin
      5. Effect of insulin
      6. Vagal stimulation by drugs
      7. Effect of dopamine (animation)
      8. Control for dopamine
      9. Lower dose of dopamine
      10. Importance of gastric tone (animation)
      11. Higher dose of dopamine
      12. Gastric relaxation after retrograde giant contraction
    3. Gastric stimulation and inhibition
      1. Effect of prokinetics after non-caloric meal
      2. Effect of prokinetics after nutrient meal
      3. Hormonal inhibition of gastric motility (animation)
      4. Inhibition by CCK
      5. Control for somatostatin and bombesin
      6. Inhibition by somatostatin
      7. Inhibition by somatostatin + bombesin
      8. Stimulation of motility by prokinetics (animation)
      9. Prokinetics during inhibition
    4. Postprandial gastroduodenal motility
      1. Postprandial gastrointestinal motility
      2. Control for effects of nutrients
      3. Nutrients change gastro-duodenal motility (animation)
      4. Meal with three macronutrients
      5. Protein meal
      6. Glucose meal
      7. Fat meal
    5. Ileal brake
      1. Ileal brake (animation)
      2. Control for ileal brake
      3. Ileal brake by oleic acid
      4. Ileal brake by glucose
  2. Small intestine
    1. Contractile patterns
      1. Peristaltic waves of small intestine (animation)
      2. Duodenal peristaltic waves
      3. Jejunal peristaltic waves
      4. Ileal peristaltic waves
      5. Peristaltic waves at terminal ileum
      6. Comparison of peristaltic waves Ileum/Duodenum/Jejunum
      7. Clustered contractions of duodenum
      8. Clustered contractions of jejunum
      9. Clustered contractions of ileum
      10. Segmenting contractions of jejunum
      11. Segmenting contractions of ileum
    2. Postprandial intestinal motility
      1. Postprandial intestinal motility (animation)
      2. Postprandial jejunal motility
      3. Motility during enteral nutrition
      4. Postprandial ileal motility
      5. Postprandial ileocolonic flow
    3. Pathological contractile patterns
      1. Pathological contractile patterns (animation)
      2. Aboral giant contraction
      3. Retrograde giant contraction + vomiting
      4. Peristalsis and antiperistalsis
  3. Interdigestive motility
    1. Stomach
      1. Interdigestive motility (animation)
      2. Postprandial residues of gastric chyme
      3. Phase III of stomach (animation)
      4. Early phase III of stomach
      5. Gastro-duodenal phase III
    2. Small intestine
      1. Phase III of small intestine (animation)
      2. Jejunal peristaltic waves of phase III
      3. Interdigestive cleaning of terminal ileum (animation)
      4. Ileal peristaltic waves of phase III
      5. Ileal migrating clusters (Phase II)
      6. Ileal giant contractions (Phase II)
    3. Large intestine of pig
      1. Large intestine of pigs (animation)
      2. Segmenting contractions of ileum
      3. Giant contraction of ileum
      4. Ileo-colonic flow of chyme
      5. Ileal MMC of pigs
      6. Giant contraction during MMC
      7. Colonic waves at first centripetal loop
      8. Colonic waves at middle centripetal loop
      9. Colonic waves at flexure
      10. Caecal motility: haustral movements
      11. Tonic contractions of caecum
      12. Emptying of caecum
    4. Large intestine of sheep
      1. Large intestine of sheep (animation)
      2. Ileo-caecal flow of chyme
      3. Ileal migrating motor complex (MMC)
      4. Ileal giant contractions
      5. Caecal-colonic peristaltic and antiperistaltic waves
      6. Caecal-colonic giant contractions producing mixing
      7. Caecal-colonic giant contractions producing transport
      8. Colonic peristaltic waves - Filling of colonic coil
      9. Modulation of colonic waves
      10. Segmentation at colonic coil
  4. Distal gastrectomy
    1. Roux-Y gastro-jejunostomy
      1. Roux-Y reconstruction (animation)
      2. Rapid emptying of saline
      3. Rapid emptying of liquid nutrients
      4. Rapid emptying of glucose solution
      5. Rapid emptying of fat solution
      6. Viscous cellulose meal
      7. Delayed emptying due to viscosity
      8. Slow emptying of viscous nutrient meals
      9. Enterogastric reflux
      10. Intestinal hypermotility in fed state
      11. Intestinal giant contractions
      12. Impaired houskeeper function
    2. Billroth II gastro-jejunostomy
      1. Billroth-2 reconstruction (animation)
      2. Rapid emptying of saline
      3. Rapid emptying of liquid nutrients
      4. Delayed emptying due to viscosity
      5. Delayed emptying of viscous nutrient meals
      6. Circulation within jejunal loops
      7. Delayed emptying by digestive phase III
      8. Intestinal hypermotility in fasted state
      9. Intestinal hypermotility in fed state
      10. Normal intestinal motility
      11. Intestinal giant contractions
    3. Billroth-1 gastro-duodenostomy
      1. Billroth-1 reconstruction (animation)
      2. Rapid emptying of liquid nutrients
      3. Emptying of non-caloric viscous meals
      4. Emptying of non-caloric solids
      5. Rapid emptying of viscous nutrient meals - 3 macronutrients
      6. Rapid emptying of viscous glucose meal
      7. Rapid emptying of viscous oleic acid meal
      8. Intestinal hypermotility in fasted state
      9. Intestinal hypermotility in fed state
      10. Intestinal giant contractions
Thanks to Edinburgh University Computing Services for creating and hosting the web-streaming versions of the videos.

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