Guest guest Posted September 13, 2001 Report Share Posted September 13, 2001 Steve, I found the information I was lookin for. The article is by Dr. Mervyn Deitel - he is discussing the JIB. " The major problem, however, was oxalate renal stones related to fat malabsorption. Calcium normally complexes with oxalate which thus goes out in the stool. However, with the short-gut syndrome, the calcium forms insoluble complexes with fatty acids of the steatorrheo and thus, oxalate is left to be absorbed, resulting in oxalemia and oxaluria. " So it is the lack of calcium to combine with the oxalate that causes problems, not excess calcium! This problem was frequent with JIB but no more common than pre-op for BPD/DS. Hull -- In duodenalswitch@y..., chull1@s... wrote: > Steve, > > Interesting. The JIB procedure had problems with Kidney stones, but > the reports on BPD/DS indicate similar prevalance pre-op and post- op. > I will have to re-read Marceau's paper to see if there is any > relationship between dietary calcium and Kidney stones. I don't think > there is (if I recall correctly). I think it had something to do with > Oxelate? which was somhow associate with the malabsorption, but I > don't recall exactly. > > Hull > > --- In duodenalswitch@y..., Steve Goldstein <steve-goldstein@c... > > if analysis of the stones points to a > > calcium base, what, if any influence might the dietary calcium > > supplementation have on this? Anybody have any ideas here? > Similar > > question about all the animal protein that I have been ingesting > > post-op. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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