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Highlights • Jejunoileal bypass is a surgery of the past however still affects patients being see by surgeons today.• The pathophysiology is complicated and it should be known these patients… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Jejunoileal bypass is a surgery of the past however still affects patients being see by surgeons today.• The pathophysiology is complicated and it should be known these patients suffer from chronic kidney disease, liver failure, chronic diarrhea and many vitamin deficiencies.• Bypass reverseal can help preserve kidney function but may not reverse damages already done.• From our experience, Bypassed bowel incorporation back into enteric tract can produced a immune response causing functional obstruction only relieved by removal of this bowel.
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2018
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