Word: jejunum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...patient lost 96 lbs. in little more than a year, and his leg ulcer healed. Then he developed a hernia at the operation scar, so the surgeons went in again. Since his weight loss had been only moderate, they cut out a foot of jejunum. That did it. The clerical worker is now down to a merely rotund 165 lbs.; he is back at his office desk, able to tie his shoelaces, and happy as never before...
...Panacea. After such surgery, now standardized with a 30-inch loop of jejunum, most patients suffer from some diarrhea, and at best must expect to have three or four bowel movements daily. This is not a high price to pay for the dramatic benefits, Dr. Troncelliti suggested in his report to the annual congress of the American College of Surgeons last week. At the same time, he emphasized that he is not recommending this "super-surgery as a panacea for the super-obese." To qualify as a candidate for jejuno-colostomy, a patient must be at least 100 lbs. overweight...
...Troncelliti has operated on at Norristown and at Bryn Mawr Hospital, the desired loss in weight has been accompanied by a lowering of cholesterol level or blood pressure, or both. A rare advantage of this operation is that it is reversible-if weight loss becomes too great, the jejunum and ileum can be hooked up again in the way that nature intended...