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Murine Ileocolic Bowel Resection with Primary Anastomosis
Published on: October 29, 2014
Small bowel necrosis associated with early postoperative jejunal tube feeding in a trauma patient
I A Munshi1, J S Steingrub, L Wolpert
1Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts 01199-0001, USA. imtiaz.munshi@BHS.org
Abstract:
Several investigators have reported the association of small bowel ischemia and necrosis with needle catheter jejunostomy. We report a case of small bowel necrosis with continuous jejunal tube feeding and review the pathogenesis implicated in feeding-induced bowel necrosis.
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