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The later two parts keep ''general surgeons'' awake at night (quite literally) 'cause they get obstructed and need urgent operations. | The later two parts keep ''general surgeons'' awake at night (quite literally) 'cause they get obstructed and need urgent operations. | ||
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*Less than 200 cm | *Normal length of small bowel = 3-8 metres.<ref name=pmid10422101>{{Cite journal | last1 = Nightingale | first1 = JM. | title = Management of patients with a short bowel. | journal = Nutrition | volume = 15 | issue = 7-8 | pages = 633-7 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 10422101 }}</ref> | ||
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*Less than 200 cm = ''short bowel syndrome''.<ref name=pmid20709285>{{Cite journal | last1 = Donohoe | first1 = CL. | last2 = Reynolds | first2 = JV. | title = Short bowel syndrome. | journal = Surgeon | volume = 8 | issue = 5 | pages = 270-9 | month = Oct | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.surge.2010.06.004 | PMID = 20709285 }}</ref><ref name=pmid16207689>{{Cite journal | last1 = Matarese | first1 = LE. | last2 = O'Keefe | first2 = SJ. | last3 = Kandil | first3 = HM. | last4 = Bond | first4 = G. | last5 = Costa | first5 = G. | last6 = Abu-Elmagd | first6 = K. | title = Short bowel syndrome: clinical guidelines for nutrition management. | journal = Nutr Clin Pract | volume = 20 | issue = 5 | pages = 493-502 | month = Oct | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16207689 }}</ref> | |||
**Less than 100 cm usu. requires parenteral nutrition.<ref name=pmid11873098>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sundaram | first1 = A. | last2 = Koutkia | first2 = P. | last3 = Apovian | first3 = CM. | title = Nutritional management of short bowel syndrome in adults. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 207-20 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 11873098 }}</ref> | **Less than 100 cm usu. requires parenteral nutrition.<ref name=pmid11873098>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sundaram | first1 = A. | last2 = Koutkia | first2 = P. | last3 = Apovian | first3 = CM. | title = Nutritional management of short bowel syndrome in adults. | journal = J Clin Gastroenterol | volume = 34 | issue = 3 | pages = 207-20 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 11873098 }}</ref> | ||