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Anatomical abnormalities of the small bowel that cause intestinal stagnation result in bacterial overgrowth and a blind loop syndrome (BLS). Bacterial breakdown of bile salts and deamination of protein lead to malabsorption, steatorrhea, and fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies. Four children developed BLS as a complication of necrotizing enterocolitis, jejunal atresia, gastroschisis, and biliary atresia. BLS was suggested by abdominal pain, feculent vomiting, steatorrhea, and hypoalbuminemia. Dilated, stagnant bowel loops were demonstrated in each instance by upper gastrointestinal contrast study. Positive intestinal bacterial aspirates were confirmatory. Antibiotic treatment in two patients improved symptomatology but all children ultimately required surgery. Surgical procedures consisted of blind loop resection, intestinal plication, and catheterization of the bilioenteric conduit. All patients are now asymptomatic but one child suffers from parenteral nutrition-related cirrhosis and another requires chronic antibiotic therapy.
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PMID:The blind loop syndrome in children. 240 46

To gain insight into the surgical significance of acquired jejunal diverticula, we reviewed the experience at the teaching hospitals in our city during the past ten years. An antemortem diagnosis of jejunal diverticulosis was made in 27 men and 59 women with a mean age of 69.6 years. In 71 patients the diagnosis was made during upper gastrointestinal roentgenologic evaluation for abdominal symptoms, in three it was made during mesenteric arteriography or bleeding scan for massive rectal bleeding, in six it was made during exploratory laparotomy for acute abdominal signs and symptoms, and in the remaining six it was an incidental intraoperative finding. Surgical indications occurred in 13 patients (15%) and consisted of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding in four patients, blind loop syndrome in three, small bowel obstruction in three, diverticular perforation in two, and chronic abdominal pain requiring jejunal resection in one. In three additional patients with melena and nine with chronic abdominal pain, jejunal diverticulosis was the only abnormality detected; none of these patients had operation. Although the majority of patients with jejunal diverticula do not require surgical treatment, it may be necessitated by complications such as bleeding, perforation, obstruction, blind loop syndrome, or intractable abdominal pain.
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PMID:Surgical implications of jejunal diverticula. 314 56