Jejunal Morphology and Mucosal Enzyme Activity Following Intestinal Shunt Operation for Obesity
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 11 (2) , 129-134
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.1976.12097083
Abstract
Jejunal biopsy in 33 patients before and after intestinal shunt operation for obesity demonstrated that neither surface nor volume of the villi increase after surgery. Specific disaccharidase activity remained unchanged, and specific alkaline phosphatase activity increased slightly. There was a significant decrease in protein content in the postoperative biopsies. Weight stabilization after the shunt operation probably is due to adaptive compensation in the ileal remnant.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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