Jejunal distention with elemental feedings following duodenal injury.
A man whose second portion of the duodenum was destroyed by blunt trauma and who developed jejunal distention, abdominal pain, and clinical toxicity is described. There was no circulation in the wall of the distended segment of the jejunum by intraoperative Doppler evaluation. Circulation returned immediately to that segment of bowel when it was decompressed.
D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000293:injuries*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow