[Autoradiographic findings in the small intestine after experimental subtotal small intestine resection]

The intestinal mucosa is among the mitotically most active tissues of the organism. Several authors described an alteration of the enterocytic proliferation after extensive small-bowel resection. Own autoradiographical investigations were carried out in the intestine of rats after subtotal small-bowel resection with and without additional operation for passage retardation. Not any different mitotic value was provable after one year in all rats with subtotal small-bowel resection in comparison to normal rats. From this follows that the adaptation of the residual intestine is already up concluded to this moment.