[Postoperative small intestinal resorption after retropubic extravesical bladder neck adenomectomy (Millin)]

For the recommencement of the physiological nutrition after surgical and urological interventions the normalisation of the postoperatively temporarily disturbed gastrointestinal functions is a decisive prerequisite. With the help of the modified D-xylose-test the postoperative resorption of the small intestine was objectified after retropubic extravesical adenectomy of the vesical neck. While at the day of the operation still a clearly retarded and restricted enteral resorption could be proved, already at the first day after operation a vast normalisation of the resorption of the small intestine developed. At the fourth and eighth day after operation sufficient capacities of resorption were at the patients' disposal, so that they again could be unrestrictedly nourished parenterally. The postoperative functional examination for the assimilation of food is suited for the elaboration of scientifically founded directives for the nutrition of freshly operated patients.