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THE NARDI TEST IN SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION: IS IT STILL RELEVANT?
 
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Manipal University, Kasturba Medical College,Department Of General Surgery,Manipal, Karnataka, India
 
 
Online publication date: 2008-07-15
 
 
Publication date: 2008-07-15
 
 
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Gabriel Rodrigues   

Associate Professor of Surgery,157, KMC Quarters, Madhav Nagar, Manipal – 576 104. Karnataka, India. Tel: 00919448501301, Fax: 00918202570061
 
 
Eur J Gen Med 2008;5(3):181-183
 
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Recurrent abdominal pain is one of the common symptoms encountered in daily practice and a pathology affecting the sphincter of Oddi (SO) as a cause, is never thought of at the first instance. Various disease states affecting the SO, mainly its dysfunction (SOD) seem to be important to be kept in mind while treating patients with intractable abdominal pain, especially postcholecystectomy cases. As the clinical syndrome of SOD is poorly defined and incompletely understood, an accurate estimate of the problem cannot be made. The most widely used pharmacologic test to determine SOD is the morphine-prostigmine provocative test of Nardi. In this article we have discussed the relevance of this test in modern day practice.
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