Recent Cases of Methyl Bromide Poisoning
Recent Cases of Methyl Bromide Poisoning
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近期甲基溴中毒事件
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.1.4544.254-a
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发表时间:
1948
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通讯作者:
W. Dorward
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作者:
W. Dorward
A case of an old gunshot wound of the abdomen is presented in which 14 feet (4.26 metres) of small intestine from the midjejunum to the terminal ileum was removed at an operation for extensive gangrene resulting from volvulus due to a solid adhesion of the jejunum to the abdominal wall. The patient was well and gaining weight six weeks after operation. The length of the small intestine may vary between 15 and 30 feet (4.5 and 9 metres); the average is usually stated to be about 22 feet (6.7 metres). Survivals after resections of up to 19 feet (5.8 metres) have been recorded, but there is no very clear evidence of how much small intestine is necessary for life, or, indeed, of what proportion of patients survive extensive resectiotis such as the one here reported. This case suggests that a man maybecome accustomed to the non-function of part of his small intestine and as a result accommodate himself to resections which in others might well prove fatal.CASE REPORT W. EB, aged 54, had received a gunshot wound of the abdomen in 1917. He had an immediate laparotomy, and was subsequently twice operated on for intestinal obstruction, in 1918 and 1926. On the latter occasion it was reported that a volvulus of the small intestine had been found and reduced. Between 1927 and 1945 he had occasional pains butno attacks of obstruction. In 1922 he sus-tained a fractured pelvis, and in 1934 he was shown to have a gastric ulcer, for which he received medicaltreatment on several occasions.