[Effect of periarterial sympathectomy and decompensation of the celiac trunk on gastric secretion in the abdominal pain syndrome].

The gastric secretion was investigated after periarterial sympathectomy and decompression of the celiac trunk in 50 patients. It was shown that basal and stimulated secretion was persistently increased in cases with intact structure of the celiac plexus, while in cases with degenerative changes with fibrosis of the ganglia and conductors the gastric secretion was not found to significantly change. The data obtained should be taken into consideration when operating upon the celiac artery and celiac plexus.