Intestinal adaptation in patients with short bowel syndrome

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Abstract
Functional adaptation of remaining intestine was evaluated in 30 patients with extensive small bowel resection. Calcium and xylose absorption tests were compared. Calcium absorption was measured by a double- radiotracer technique. Serum xylosemia was measured 2 hr after d-xylose ingestion. Patients were divided into two groups according to the time interval between surgery and evaluation: less (group I) or more (group II) than two years. A statistically significant correlation was found between xylosemia and remaining small bowel length (r=0.71; P.

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