Does roux-en-Y gastric bypass cure diabetes? Oct 31, 2009
Do you need the full bypass of about one-third of the small intestine or just the duodenum and jejunum. My weight problem came about with/after diabetes, not before. (CNN -- Health)
Woman Accidentally Swallows Coffee Spoon, Has It Removed From Jejunum With No Complications Oct 30, 2009
Previously, there has been no reported case of a long spoon reaching the jejunum ... She had to be taken to operating room for an exploratory laparotomy which disclosed that a 15 cm spoon was passed into the jejunum following about 200 cm of the ligament of Treitz ... Song et al. Travel of a mis-swallowed long spoon to the jejunum. (Science Daily)
Small Bowel Obstruction Jul 12, 2009
The small intestine (small bowel) consists, in order, of the Duodenum, Jejunum, and Ileum. The order can be remembered using the phrase "Dow Jones Industrial." Food passes from the mouth through the esophagus into the stomach, then through the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum, and finally into the colon (ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid) and then the rectum. (Suite101.com)
