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Experimental Attempt to Delay Alimentary Transit After Small Bowel Exclusion
WALTER H. GERWIG, JR., MD;
ALFRED GHAPHERY, MD
AMA Arch Surg. 1963;87(1):34-41.
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Extensive resections of the small bowel can now be performed with minimal immediate mortality. Surgeons no longer need to harbor great concern for the procedure itself but must recognize that the maintenance of adequate nutrition continues to be a serious problem. In cases of superior mesenteric artery occlusion, often a major portion of the small bowel and, frequently, the right half of the colon must be resected. Such patients, even if they survive surgery, usually die of starvation within months. It is a frustrating and helpless experience to watch an individual deteriorate because the bowel is unable to provide adequate utilization of ingested food.
The response to extensive resection of the small intestine in man is followed by a variable and unpredictable outcome. This depends upon the magnitude of the resection, the length and viability of the remaining bowel, the presence or absence of the ileocecal valve, and possibly a
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Author Affiliations
CLARKSBURG, W VA
Chief of Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, Clarksburg, W Va, and Professor of Surgery, West Virginia University Medical Center (Dr. Gerwig); Surgical Resident, West Virginia University Medical Center, Currently assigned to Veterans Administration Hospital, Clarksburg (Dr. Ghaphery).
Footnotes
Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Chicago, Feb 21-23, 1963.
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