Conditions responsible for small bowel resection.

The authors deal with the problems of surgery of small intestine. They analyze causes leading to small bowel resection, including small intestinal obstructions, tumors, diverticles, Crohn's disease and traumas of small intestine, in a group of patients operated at Ist Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Commenius University, Bratislava, during the last 30 years. Authors also discuss the problems of short bowel syndrome (SBS) as the consequence of an extensive small bowel resection, reporting the surgical approach to its therapy. (Tab. 1., Ref. 5.)