Gastric gas dynamics in healthy humans.

N CaballeroI MarinJordi Serra

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2018)

An excellent balance between belching and distal gastric empting allows the stomach to adapt to great variations in gas intake. In general, most gastric gas is emptied to distal intestinal segments, but in some circumstances gastric gas induces belching, a mechanism that may improve gas tolerance.

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