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Can vagus nerve damage arising from abdominal surgeries causing gastroparesis be reversed? is gastroparesis in this case curable or permanent? can appendix removal cause such kind of damage!.

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Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

Specializes in Trauma Surgery

Not unless...: the intra abdominal surgery was at the gastroesophageal junction or the lesser curvature of the stomach. Appendectomy is no where the Vagus Nerve distribution Here is a good article for the causes of Gastroparesis: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gastroparesis/symptoms-causes/syc-20355787

Answered 6/25/2018

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