enteritis/obesity

Four patients who had jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity had increased frequency of diarrhea, diffuse abdominal tenderness and distention, and fever to 104 degrees F. Roentgenographic studies disclosed multiple distended loops in the bypassed bowel with few air fluid levels. Two of these patients

The symptoms of bypass enteritis are disabling sequelae in many patients after jejunoileal bypass. This is a preliminary report of efforts to devise a valve to prevent reflux into the bypassed intestine after jejunoileal bypass. Valve I (42 cases) was formed by dividing the ileum, everting the

Complications associated with jejunoileal bypass for morbid obesity are being recognized more frequently. A variety of mechanical obstructions in the defunctionalized small-bowel segment have recently been corrected in seven surgical patients. Volvulus of the defunctional limb was the most frequent

OBJECTIVE A 35-year-old woman, who had undergone an uncomplicated Scopinaro-type biliopancreatic bypass for obesity nine years previously, was examined because of severe bilateral corneoconjunctival xerosis and markedly decreased vision. One month earlier she had had a bout of nonspecific enteritis.

Clausena excavata (C. excavata) has been used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of abdominal pain, enteritis, dysentery, and malaria. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of a 50% ethanol extract of C. excavata (ECE) on weight loss, adipocyte size, and obesity-related

BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) following bariatric surgery has been previously described. It is not clear whether the clinical entity is due to rapid metabolism of fat, change in the bacterial milieu of the bowel, the loss of defense mechanisms of the stomach, or even a coincidence. OBJECTIVE To

Over 625 patients having gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity are currently being followed at the University of Iowa. Many innovations have increased operative exposure, greatly reduced operating time, and improved the effectiveness and safety of the operation. Recent weight figures

Although the treatment of massive obesity by intestinal bypass can clearly effect substantial weight loss, data are not yet available to compare the morbidity and mortality of the operation with those of marked obesity per se. Surgical mortality rates range from 2 to 10 percent. The majority of

In a consecutive series of 40 Scott-type jejunoileal shunts for morbid obesity, only two patients had the bypassed bowel drained end-to-side into the midsigmoid colon. In both of these patients, typical "bypass enteritis" as described by Passaro developed, but they were found to have volvulus at the

Hepatic and renal failure developed in association with severe enteritis and hemorrhagic proctocolitis in a patient who had had a jejunoileal bypass 8 yr previously for morbid obesity. Parenteral antibiotic treatment abolished the systemic manifestations of the enteritis, but did not change the

Jejunoileostomy is an effective procedure in the treatment of morbid obesity. The end-to-end and end-to-side anastomoses are competitive techniques. The end-to-end anastomosis prevents a reflux of food into the shunted intestine loops, but stool reflux to the colon very often occurs over the

Initially, diarrhea is almost universal but becomes self-limited unless the patient persists in overeating. Weight loss averages 75 to 100 lb the first year, with a stable level generally achieved after 18 months. Among the serious potential complications are enteritis, kidney stones, gallstones,

Sixteen patients with unsatisfactory weight loss after end-to-side jejunoileal bypass were treated with either simple resection of the elongated segment of the shunt (10 patients) or resection combined with conversion to an end-to-end anastomosis (Scott) (6 patients). This led to an additional

Psoriasis is a genetically inherited spectrum of skin diseases characterized by epidermal proliferation and inflammation, which are reversible. Although many have reported that psoriasis is triggered by trauma, infections, stress, drugs, etc., the epidemiology of psoriasis remains poorly understood.

Symptoms and clinical findings recorded from 379 patients (6.7 per cent of all cases of appendectomy) with perforated appendicitis, between 1970 and 1984, were retrospectively evaluated. Children up to 14 years of age accounted for 32.8 per cent, adults for 37.8 per cent, and adults above 50 years