title: Long-term Follow-up of Jejunoileal Bypass Patients with Preoperative Cirrhosis of the Liver.
abstract: Though obesity, alcohol abuse and jejunoileostomy are often a dangerous combination, exceptions do exist. This paper reports on the long-term outcome of 12 patients who had hepatic cirrhosis prior to jejunoileostomy. The six patients who refrained from or significantly restricted alcohol intake following jejunoileostomy all survived a minimum of 2 years following surgery. Four of these patients, now 6 to 25 years post surgery, are still living as of August 1993.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington, GA, 30673, USA.
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Wills