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Erythromycin Accelerates Gastric Emptying After Pancreaticoduodenectomy

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1993

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Charles J. Yeo, Macgrathy Barry, Patricia K. Sauter, Samuel Sostre, Keith D. Lillemoe, Henry A. Pitt, John L. Cameron
Annals of Surgery

Abstract

Erythromycin is a safe, inexpensive drug that significantly accelerates gastric emptying after pancreaticoduodenectomy and reduces the incidence of DGE by 37%. These data support the use of erythromycin to decrease early DGE after pancreaticoduodenectomy.

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