[Effects of fenoverine on biliary kinetics evaluated by hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 99mTc-Br-IDA]

Minerva Med. 1992 Jun;83(6):355-8.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Hepatobiliary scintigraphy was used to evaluate the action of fenoverine in 16 patients suffering from dyskinesia of the biliary tract; the drug was administered in doses of 300 mg per day per os for 20 days, the patients being subjected to hepatobiliary scintigraphy before and after treatment. The following parameters--accurate indicators of the motor coordination of the biliary tract--were evaluated: tracer appearance time in the gallbladder (Tc) and in the intestine (Ti). After treatment there was a normalization of these two parameters which initially were extended. Statistical analysis showed a highly significant reduction in these times. Stress is laid on the importance of hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the diagnosis of biliary dyskinesia and on the effectiveness of fenoverine in the treatment of this conditions.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Biliary Dyskinesia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Biliary Dyskinesia / drug therapy*
  • Biliary Tract / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imino Acids*
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Phenothiazines / administration & dosage
  • Phenothiazines / therapeutic use*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Imino Acids
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Phenothiazines
  • technetium Tc 99m iminodiacetic acid
  • fenoverine