CIRRHOSIS AND DEATH AFTER JEJUNOILEAL SHUNT FOR OBESITY

Cirrhosis following small-bowel bypass with jejunocolic anastomosis for obesity is well recognized (1-7). Opinions differ concerning permanent liver damage following jejunoileal bypass, but most of the evidence supports jejunoileal bypass as being relatively safe (816) and there are only one or two well documented cases of death from cirrhosis following jejunoileal shunt (15, 17). We report another such case.