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Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2021

01-06-2021 | Nutrition | Letter to the Editor

A Protocol for Rehabilitating the Bypassed Limb Prior to Reversal of Jejunoileal Bypass

Authors: Sara Santini, Michel Suter, Maude Martinho-Grueber, Carole Monney Chaubert, Mohammed Barigou, Lucie Favre, Peter Kopp, Anne Kouadio

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2021

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Jejunoileal bypass (JIB), the very first bariatric procedure, creates a short-bowel syndrome with approximately 35 cm of jejunum and 15 cm of ileum and a very long excluded small bowel blind loop. It was abandoned because of deleterious or lethal side effects [1, 2]. Indications prompting JIB reversal include diarrhea, electrolyte abnormalities, malnutrition, organ failure, arthritis, and poor quality of life [13]. JIB reversal is usually performed using a two-stage open approach [3]: first, a jejunostomy feeding tube is placed in the excluded limb, and then, after 3–12 months, intestinal continuity is re-established. …
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Title
A Protocol for Rehabilitating the Bypassed Limb Prior to Reversal of Jejunoileal Bypass
Authors
Sara Santini
Michel Suter
Maude Martinho-Grueber
Carole Monney Chaubert
Mohammed Barigou
Lucie Favre
Peter Kopp
Anne Kouadio
Publication date
01-06-2021
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05247-7

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