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PREGNANCY AFTER JEJUNOILEAL SHUNT
Author(s) -
Stenning Henry,
Campbell Ross,
Brake Ian,
Anderson John
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb131115.x
Subject(s) - jejunoileal bypass , malabsorption , pregnancy , medicine , shunt (medical) , surgery , obesity , weight loss , morbid obesity , biology , genetics
This report describes an unsuccessful pregnancy after a jejunoileal bypass operation that produced a severe secondary malabsorption syndrome with superimposed mechanical and metabolic effects of pregnancy to which the patient nearly succumbed.