Gastroduodenal Arterial Blood Flow following Clamping of Common Hepatic Artery

The gastroduodenal arterial blood flow before, immediately after thirty minutes after clamping of the common hepatic artery (ligation of which was performed during total gastrectomy) was studied in 23 patients with gastic cancer. In 19 of the 23 patients (the increase group), immediately after clamping the gastroduodenal arterial blood flow increased from 116 to 292% (mean value, 164.4±49%) of the pre-clamped level. In the remaining four patients (the decrease group), these was a decrease in gastroduodenal blood flow immediately after clamping , ranging from 45 to 86.2% (mean value, 69.7±15.4%) of the pre-clamped level…