Relación entre síntomas funcionales del aparato digestivo y motilidad del intestino delgado / Small intestine motility and functional gastrointestinal symptoms

ABSTRACT

Although abnormalitiew of intestinal motility are usually considered to underly functional gastrointestinal symptoms, objective evidence of such a relation is controversial. We performed manometric studies using perfused catheters in 26 patients with such symptoms. A marked variation in duration of cyclic motor activity (tange 34 to 168 min) was observed, motivity was absent in 5 patients. No clear relation between symptoms and motility pattern was demonstrated. Thus, altered intestinal motility is not clearly related to functional gastrointestinal complaints