title: Shortened small bowel syndrome. Mackby's operation.
abstract: Intestinal infarction is a condition with a high rate of mortality. Progress in the fields of anesthesia, maintenance of electrolyte balance, and intensive postoperative care has made survival possible in a number of patients subjected to extensive resection of the small intestine. Many of these patients, however, later succumb to the effects of malabsorption. In this paper we report on a patient who has undergone massive intestinal resection, because of venous intestinal infarction, and Mackby's operation, with favorable results twelve months postoperatively.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*