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Loop ileostomy A loop ileostomy is often used for defunctioning a low rectal anastomosis or an il...

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SMALL INTESTINE The principal function of the small intestine is the digestio...

I N F E C T I V E E N T E R I T I S Campylobacter Infection with Campylobacter jejuni (a Gram-ne...

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE The term ‘inflammatory bowel disease’ is reserved for conditions charac...

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ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA An abnormal connection between the small intestine and the skin can occu...

End-ileostomy An end-ileostomy is formed after a colectomy without anas - tomosis, when it may la...

Human immunodeficiency virus Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with a numb...

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS Intestinal diverticula Diverticula (hollow outpouchings) are a common...

Chronic small intestinal ischaemia Chronic small intestinal ischaemia almost invariably results f...

Complications of stomas Stoma complications are underestimated and common ( Summary box 74.6 ). O...

Bacterial overgrowth The small intestine can become colonised with bacteria normally confined to t...

Benign The majority of small bowel neoplasms are benign, comprising adenomas, lipomas, haemangio...

CONDITIONS CAUSING MALABSORPTION Coeliac disease Coeliac disease is the most common cause of mal...

ANATOMY OF THE SMALL INTESTINE Although the duodenum is anatomically indistinguishable from the r...

TESTS OF INTESTINAL FUNCTION Subsequent chapters address diagnostic tests specific to the rectum (...

Risk factors In Ogilvie’s original report, the clinical picture was associated with a retroperito...

SCOPE OF DISEASE A functional diagnosis is usually made when routine investigations - fail to fin...

SUMMARY Functional intestinal disorders range from the very common – constipation and IBS – thro...

Pathophysiology Classic teaching points to a reflex inhibition of intestinal motility caused by d...