Liver structure and function following small bowel resection

Small bowel intussusception causing a postoperative bowel obstruction following laparoscopic low anterior resection in an adult.

Adult intussusception usually presents with nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, and a change in bowel habits. Although postoperative intussusception has been described in the pediatric population, there has been little description of it in the adult population. Postoperative intussusception has unique challenges, as hydrostatic reduction may compromise bowel...

Small bowel resection and gastric acid hypersecretion

Small bowel resection and gastric acid hypersecretion

Small bowel resection and gastric acid hypersecretion.

Cadaveric small bowel and small bowel-liver transplantation in humans.

Five patients had complete cadaveric small bowel transplants under FK506 immunosuppression, one as an isolated graft and the other 4 in continuity with a liver. Three were children and two were adults. The five patients are living 2-13 months posttransplantation with complete alimentation by the intestine. The typical postoperative course was stormy, with sluggish resumption of gastrointestinal...