title: Nutritional outcomes of gastric operations.
abstract: It is important to understand the digestive disturbances and nutritional outcomes of that may follow stomach resections. This article focuses primarily on the nutritional consequences of traditional gastric operations for ulcers, but related cancer and bariatric operations also are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Sepulveda, California.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000209:etiology; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004614:Emaciation / Q000209:etiology; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015167:Vagotomy, Truncal