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Effect of local instillation of alcohol on sphincter of Oddi motor activity: combined ERCP and manometry study

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0016-5107(91)70774-8

1097-6779

Moisés Guelrud, Sonia Mendoza, Guillermo Rossiter, Daniel Gelrud, A. Rossiter, Paul F. Souney,

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders

The effect of local instillation of alcohol on sphincter of Oddi motor activity was determined by endoscopic manometry. Sphincter of Oddi pressures and motor function were compared in eight cholecystectomized subjects with normal sphincter of Oddi motor function and in four patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. The effect of local instillation of 3 ml of 40% alcohol was compared with water instillation. In cholecystectomized subjects, alcohol produced a significant increase of basal sphincter of Oddi pressure from 21.0 ± 2.8 mm Hg to 95.8 ± 83 mm Hg (p < 0.01) without significant changes in the amplitude, duration, and frequency of phasic contractions. In patients with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, alcohol instillation resulted in a significant increase of basal sphincter of Oddi pressure from 32.5 ± 4.8 mm Hg to 225.1 ± 105 mm Hg without changes in amplitude, duration, and frequency of phasic contractions. Two patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis had a tonic contraction of the sphincter of Oddi with transitory and mild epigastric pain. Local instillation of alcohol increases sphincter of Oddi motor activity which may play a role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic pancreatitis. The effect of local instillation of alcohol on sphincter of Oddi motor activity was determined by endoscopic manometry. Sphincter of Oddi pressures and motor function were compared in eight cholecystectomized subjects with normal sphincter of Oddi motor function and in four patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis. The effect of local instillation of 3 ml of 40% alcohol was compared with water instillation. In cholecystectomized subjects, alcohol produced a significant increase of basal sphincter of Oddi pressure from 21.0 ± 2.8 mm Hg to 95.8 ± 83 mm Hg (p < 0.01) without significant changes in the amplitude, duration, and frequency of phasic contractions. In patients with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, alcohol instillation resulted in a significant increase of basal sphincter of Oddi pressure from 32.5 ± 4.8 mm Hg to 225.1 ± 105 mm Hg without changes in amplitude, duration, and frequency of phasic contractions. Two patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis had a tonic contraction of the sphincter of Oddi with transitory and mild epigastric pain. Local instillation of alcohol increases sphincter of Oddi motor activity which may play a role in the pathogenesis of alcoholic pancreatitis.