[Nutritional assessments in the long-term survivors following massive resection of the small intestine].
Nutritional assessments were measured in the sixteen long-term survivors who had undergone a massive resection of more than two-thirds of the small intestine or less than 170 cm of the remaining small intestine. Prealbumin, retinol binding protein and zinc in serum and arm muscle circumference were significantly lower than the normal range. Serum albumin had a tendency to correlate to the length of the remaining small intestine. Nutritional risk index had a correlation with the length of the remaining small intestine. In this study, nutritional assessments in the patients with a massive resection of the small intestine indicated to be in preclinical malnutritional state. This may support that supplementary nutritional therapy is necessary for such patients. In addition, we reported a patient with sensory polyneuropathy caused by vitamin E deficiency due to short bowel syndrome. The level of vitamin E was low in his serum, 294 micrograms/dl (normal: 1004 +/- 65) and in his red blood cells, 136 micrograms/dl (normal: 176 +/- 9). His symptom was markedly decreased within two weeks after the administration of large doses of vitamin E.
Hatakeyama
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1st Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Oda
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Y
Shimoda
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S
Inoue
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Y
Yamadera
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Y
Sakai
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Y
Muto
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T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status