BACKGROUND Jejunal fluid culture is the gold standard for assessing jejunal microflora. Aspiration of jejunal fluid is sometime difficult. As the microorganisms rests on the mucosal surface, culture of the mucosal biopsy may be a possible alternative method. AIM To study the role of jejunal mucosal biopsy culture to assess jejunal microflora and to compare it with jejunal fluid culture. MET...

Total gastrectomy is one of the most common operative procedures for gastric malignancy, but therecommended method of gastrointestinal reconstruction after gastrectomy is still controversial. Significantweight loss has been noted by many observers following gastrectomy. The Roux-en-Y method is the mostfrequent reconstructive technique performed after gastrectomy. This technique is easy to perfo...

 ABSTRACT Background: The pancreatojejunostomy has notoriously been known to carry a high rate of operative complications, morbidity and mortality, mainly due to anastomotic leak and ensuing septic complications. Objective: In order to decrease anastomotic leak and its attendant morbidity and mortality in operations requiring a pancreato-jejunal anastomosis, and also in order to simplify the op...

Stone formation within the intestinal lumen is called enterolith. This stone can encroach into the lumen causing obstruction and surgical emergency. Jejunal obstruction by an enterolith is a very rare entity and often missed preoperatively. To our knowledge, most cases of jejunal obstruction, secondary to stone, were associated with biliary disease (cholecystoenteric fistula), bezoar, jejunal d...

total gastrectomy is one of the most common operative procedures for gastric malignancy, but therecommended method of gastrointestinal reconstruction after gastrectomy is still controversial. significantweight loss has been noted by many observers following gastrectomy. the roux-en-y method is the mostfrequent reconstructive technique performed after gastrectomy. this technique is easy to perfo...

Trained, unanaesthetised dogs with jejunal fistula and adapted to 2 h meal-time showed transient taste-correlated changes in pressure (mm H2O) but not in frequency of intestinal motility. Intestinal pressure was increased on bitter taste both before meal-time (4.7 +/- 0.2 mm) and after it (13.1 +/- 0.9 mm) over respective basal pressure (before meal 3.2 +/- 0.4 mm), after meal 10.6 +/- 1.4 mm),...

BACKGROUND Membrane bound guanylyl cyclase-G (mGC-G), a novel form of GC mediates ischemia and reperfusion (IR)-induced renal injury. We investigated the roles of mGC-G in intestinal IR-induced jejunal damage, inflammation, and apoptosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Male C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) and mGC-G gene knockout (KO) mice were treated with a sham operation or 45 min of superior mesenteric arte...

OBJECTIVES Total pharyngolaryngectomy with free jejunal reconstruction is often performed in patients with hypopharyngeal carcinoma. However, postoperative speechlessness significantly decreases patient quality of life. We investigated whether Provox® insertion could preserve speech after total pharyngolaryngectomy with free jejunal reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective chart review. M...