We describe a technique that uses the internal mammary vessels to enhance long-segment jejunal graft blood supply in addition to an intact distal mesenteric vascular arcade. We believe that this technique, called vascular augmentation, improves jejunal graft perfusion and decreases ischemic complications.

In vivo administration of isatin (200 mg/kg) significantly lowered the activity of rat kidney alkaline phosphatase after 5 hr but enhanced the activity of rat duodenal and jejunal enzyme after 2 and 5 hr (P less than 0.01). The increased activity of the duodenal and jejunal alkaline phosphatase might be due to the induction of the enzyme by isatin.

Alimentary tract duplications are epithelial-lined cystic or tubular structures attached to bowel wall and supplied by mesenteric vessels. Association between intestinal malrotation and duplication cyst, especially of jejunal location is rarely mentioned in literature [1-5]. We are reporting a rare coexistence of isolated jejunal duplication cyst and malrotation in a neonate with intestinal obs...

BACKGROUND Reconstruction of hypopharyngeal and cervical esophageal defects remains one of the greatest challenges to head and neck and reconstructive surgeons. Although the jejunal free flap is a well-known reconstructive choice, many authors prefer alternative methods because of the complication rates and donor site morbidity associated with traditional jejunal flap harvest. Laparoscopic rese...

Vieira-Coelho, M. Augusta, Vera A. Lucas Teixeira, Yigael Finkel, Patricio Soares-da-Silva, and Alejandro M. Bertorello. Dopamine-dependent inhibition of jejunal Na1-K1-ATPase during high-salt diet in young but not in adult rats. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 38): G1317–G1323, 1998.—During high-salt diet endogenous dopamine (DA) reduces jejunal sodium transport in young but ...

Introduction The safety and the protective role of stenting the pancreato-jejunal anastomosis on the occurrence of pancreatic fistula is debated. Aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients who received internal stenting during pancreatoduodenectomy and to review the literature on the related complications. Methods From 2007 to 2014 we performed 207 pancreatoduodenectomies with en...

There are unfortunately a relatively large number of cases of esophageal cancer in Iran as well as other countries, and one of the most difficult problems facing surgeons is the reconstruction of the esophagus and restoration of its function after excision of the tumor. From 1978 to 1987,20 patients (16 male, 4 female) ranging in age from 22 to 68 years were surgically treated for squamous...

The present study investigated the effects of dietary arginine (Arg) supplementation on intestinal structure and functionality in broiler chickens subjected to coccidial challenge. The present study was a randomised complete block design employing a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement (n 8) with three dietary concentrations of Arg (11·1, 13·3 and 20·2 g/kg) with or without coccidial vaccine challenge (...