ArticleTurkish journal of surgery2019
Repeated stretched or non-stretched small bowel length measurements in healthy individuals.
Article in Turkish journal of surgery, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Randomized Prospective Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Trial
- Small Intestine and Vermiform Appendix Lengths in Healthy Adults: Intraoperative Morphometric Data from a Living Donor Cohort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Revisional surgery for malnutrition after SADI-S: prevalence, indications, techniques and outcomes.Updates in surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of the present study was to contribute to the establishment of a standard method of small bowel measurement by comparing repeated small bowel length measurements with and without stretching in healthy individuals. MATERIAL AND
methodsSmall bowel measurement was randomly performed in 24 healthy liver donors. Three repetitive measurements were performed with complete stretching in 12 cases; whereas, 3 consecutive measurements were made without any stretching in the other 12 patients. Living donor hepatectomy continued uneventfully in all cases.
resultsIn the non-stretched group, the second measurement was 199 cm shorter than the first measurement (p <0.001). In the third measurement, this shortening had increased further, and the difference from the first measurement was 234 cm on average (p <0.001). In the stretched group, a shortening of approximately 135 cm between the first and second measurements was noted. In the third measurement, an improvement of 4% was observed in contrast to the non-stretched method, with a mean reduction of 105 cm in the small bowel length compared with the first measurement (p <0.001).
conclusionStretching technique can reduce error rate in repeated small bowel measurements.
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