The device contains two balloons, one located closer to the body (distal) and another on the far away (or proximal) tip of the catheter. But the labeling on the device identifies the distal ...

Normal gastric emptying is the result of coordinated activity in the proximal and distal regions of the stomach (Figure 1). [10] Neither region can be considered in isolation from the whole ...

An upper endoscopy showed no obstructing lesion at the pylorus. A gastric-emptying test showed gastroparesis with inability to propulse radiotracer from the proximal to distal stomach and small bowel ...

Lee, MD Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is primarily a gastric-restrictive procedure, but it's the diversionary component of the Roux limb (which bypasses the distal stomach, duodenum ...