Selective intubation of the afferent loop

Fat Absorption and the Afferent Loop.

Selective bronchial intubation for pulmonary emphysema.

Two neonates with respiratory distress syndrome developed unilateral pulmonary interstitial emphysema causing mediastinal shift and compressive atelectasis. Treatment with contralateral bronchial intubation for five days proved to be life saving.

A newborn requiring selective bronchial intubation.

Malignant afferent loop obstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy: report of two cases.

We report two cases of malignant afferent loop obstruction following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Case 1. A 70-year-old woman, who had undergone PD for pancreatic cancer, was referred to our hospital because of fever, jaundice, and abdominal pain. Ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography demonstrated dilatation of a small bowel loop in the right upper quadrant. Laparotomy confirmed th...

[Effectiveness of afferent loop stimulation prior to ileostomy closure].

We have read with great interest the article by Abrisqueta, entitled Afferent loop stimulation prior to ileostomy closure. We report the case of a 55-year-old female patient who, during the diagnostic process of rectal tenesmus and bleeding, was diagnosed with a rectal adenocarcinoma measuring 3 cm, located 5 cm from the anal margin with concentric involvement, and 3 nodules in the mesorectal f...