Ileojejunal Insufficiency Arising From Faulty Anastomosis

The Clinical Manifestations of Gastroileal Anastomosis

“…Although, as noted above, hypokalemia and marked depletion of body stores of potassium have been reported only infrequently after gastroileostomy, hypocalcemia has been mentioned more common¬ ly^.*. 12,14,35,38,48 an¿ ¿n me remarkable case of Cooley and Hartmann chemical osteo¬ malacia and multiple pseudofractures had occurred six years after the gastroileos¬ tomy; the patient had even become addicted to opiates employed to relieve the skeletal pains. Glossitis and peripheral neuritis, as in Case 1, have been described occasionally, as well as prolongation of the blood prothrombin time and lowered levels of serum carotene and plasma ascorbic acid (vitamin C).…”