Treatment with elementary diet in gastrointestinal disease.
Experiences with Vivasorb in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases are reported. The author successfully treated severe cases of Crohn's disease and distal ulcerative colitis. In severe total ulcerative colitis, marked improvement with Vivasorb could be achieved in only one of three cases. The administration also proved successful in one case of agnogenic chronic diarrhea. No effect could be achieved in two patients with internal and external bowel fistulae, nor in three patients with short bowel syndrome in the immediate postoperative phase.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000178:diet therapy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000178:diet therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000178:diet therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000178:diet therapy; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000178:diet therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged