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Abstract The study of gastrointestinal motility is an area of great current interest. The large amount of informations presented in this study reflects how rapidly this field is advancing. A great portion of patients seeking medical advice will be proved, at the end, to have a motility disorders. Many complaints such as; heartburn, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation are often attributed to gastrointestinal motility disorders. Also postoperative conditions such as; dumping syndrome, duodenogastric retll.IX, postvagotomy syndrome and postoperative ileus are often attributed to gastrointestinal motility disorder. In many of these conditions, the symptoms apparently due to functional disorders are not accompanied by any discernible organic lesion. In other conditions, organic lesions such as benign or malignant stenosis and diseases of gastrointestinal muscles or nerves, seem to be the cause of motilty disorders of gastrointestinal tract. The widespread use of motility studies has clarified the nature of most of the disorders, which has a major impact upon therapy |