Antiperistaltic Segment of Jejunum for Persistent Diarrhea Following Vagotomy

Antiperistaltic segment for profuse ileostomy diarrhoea.

Considerable interest has recently been shown in the use of a reversed segment of intestine to interrupt the normal sweep of peristalsis along the gut and thus to delay the bowel transit and emptying times. Technically the operation comprises division of a short segment of intestine, its rotation on its vascular pedicle through 180 degrees, and then its re-anastomosis either at the same place o...

[Persistent diarrhea]

INTRODUCTION: Persistent diarrhea has high impact on infantile morbidity and mortality rates in developing countries. Several studies have shown that 3 to 20% of acute diarrheal episodes in children under 5 years of age become persistent. DEFINITION: Persistent diarrhea is defined as an episode that lasts more than 14 days. ETIOLOGY: The most important agents isolated in persistent diarrhea are...

[Risk factors for persistent diarrhea].

The current concepts in persistent diarrhoea (PD) are reviewed. 102 patients with acute diarrhoea and 85 with PD are studied. All were less than one year old. Information about age, nutritional status, time of breast feeding, previous episodes of acute and persistent diarrhoea and the previous use of drugs is registered. Microbiological and parasitologics studies were done to identify enteric p...

Osteomalacia following vagotomy and pyloroplasty.

Lung Edema following Bilateral Vagotomy

1. Small animals (rat and guinea pig) vagotomized in the neck die within a period of hours, the lungs showing extensive congestion and edema. 2. Tracheotomy permits appreciably longer survival with minimal lung changes approximating those seen in the control animals. 3. Intrathoracic vagotomy (sparing the recurrent laryngeal nerve) on one side, and cervical vagotomy on the other, permits almost...