Undernutrition and surgery in regional ileitis

Malnutrition and malabsorption in crohn's disease with reference to the effect of surgery

“…Kiefer and Arnold (1950) pointed out that malabsorption which resulted from resection of bowel in Crohn's disease was rarely extensive enough to account for the associated malnutrition, and Hoffbrand, Stewart, Booth, and Mollin (1968) suggested that anorexia was a major factor causing folate deficiency in their patients. T h e importance of impaired dietary intake, fistulous losses, and sepsis in contributing to undernutrition has been stressed by Clark and Lauder (1969), particularly in the postoperative period.…”