What is the treatment for gastric retention?

The treatment of gastric retention includes general treatment, drug treatment, surgical treatment, etc.

1. General treatment of

gastric retention can be divided into functional gastric retention and organic gastric retention. Patients should timely carry out gastrointestinal decompression, discharge gastric contents, and need a light, digestible diet to reduce gastrointestinal burden.

2. Drug treatment

For patients with functional gastric retention, domperidone, itopride, mosapride and other drugs can be used as prescribed to enhance gastrointestinal motility, help digestion of food, and improve symptoms.

3. Surgical treatment

For patients with organic gastric retention, surgery should be considered to relieve obstruction and improve symptoms.