A Cure of Post-Gastrectomy-dumping Syndrome by Stellite Ganglion Block

Kimitou Sawada, Masashi Sawada

Hoshigaoka Sawada Clnic

The patient is a 66-year-old man who has complained of post-gastrectomy-dumping syndrome after breakfast for the past seven years. His major symptoms each morning were palpitation of the heart, a fainting spell, and feeling of fatigue. In this debilitative condition, the patient periodically would involuntarily lapse into a deep sleep for a period of up to 15 minutes. Prior attempts to treat this patient with drugs, diet, and exercise have been unsuccessful. On December 18, 1995, a right SBG was performed. This method was successful, and the patient experienced no symptoms of post-gastrectomy-dumping syndrome on the morning after the treatment. A left SGB was performed that day. For the past ten weeks, since the initial series of injections, the patient has remained free of discomfort.

Key words
dumping syndrome, stellite Ganglion Block

Reprint requests
Kimitou Sawada Hoshigaoka Sawada Clinic
5-22 Hoshigaoka-cho, Mizusawa, 023 JAPAN

Accepted
June 12, 1996

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