1.   It seems prudent to confirm that such patients do have rapid gastric emptying, particularly if remedial surgery is being considered.

2.   A test before remedial surgery can, in addition, be useful when reassessment, after further operation, is required.

3.   For patients with postoperative dumping or diarrhoea it is prudent to assess gastric emptying before starting remedial surgery.

4.   She is also claiming for humiliation and breach of privacy as a result of needing to have remedial surgery.

5.   Sulzer also asked doctors to monitor patients and promised to reimburse patients who needed remedial surgery.