1. A Flow Visualization Model of Gastric Emptying in the Intrathoracic Stomach After Esophagectomy 
Jae-Ik Lee, MD, PhD, Sunghoon Choi, MS, Jaeyong Sung, PhD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 91, Issue 4, Pages (April 2011)
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2. Fig 1
Averaging the course of the gastric tube. Bold lines represent the average of centroids (x, y) of 5 gastric tubes according to the vertical position (z). (A) x; (B) y.
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3. Fig 2
(A) Virtual three-dimensional design of the gastric tube model. (B) Tube models with 3 diameters of 20, 40, and 60 mm. (C) Two types of pylorus model that has pyloric opening of the diameters of 7.5 and 15 mm.
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4. Fig 3
(A) Gastric tube model connected to the pylorus model. (B) Schematic drawing of the model.
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5. Fig 4
Mean gastric emptying time according to the diameter of gastric tube (small pylorus—no resistance setting). Data are presented with the standard deviation.
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6. Fig 5
Mean gastric emptying time according to the diameter of gastric tube (large pylorus—no resistance setting). Data are presented with the standard deviation.
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7. Fig 6
Mean gastric emptying time according to the diameter of gastric tube (small pylorus—resistance setting). Data are presented with the standard deviation.
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8. Fig 7
Mean gastric emptying time according to the diameter of gastric tube (Large pylorus—resistance setting).
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