Question 64 · LEK · Short bowel syndrome
Short bowel syndrome may be caused by:
- A. extensive resection of the small intestine.
- B. fistula between the stomach and the transverse colon.
- C. cecum-skin fistula.
- D. A, B, C are true.
- E. A and B are true.
Hint
Short bowel syndrome can be anatomical or functional; consider which fistula bypasses most of the small intestine and which does not.
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