ArticleObesity surgery2019
Gut Microbiota Imbalance Can Be Associated with Non-malabsorptive Small Bowel Shortening Regardless of Blind Loop.
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- Gut Microbiota, Probiotics and Psychological States and Behaviors after Bariatric Surgery-A Systematic Review of Their Interrelation.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Alterations in Gut Microbiota After Upper Gastrointestinal Resections: Should We Implement Screening to Prevent Complications?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) - Prevention and Therapeutic Role of Nutrition, Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Prokinetics.Current pharmaceutical design · 2025Review
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- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionSome traditional bariatric surgery procedures may lead to functional gut shortening, which may unsettle the fine-tuned gastrointestinal physiology and affect gut microbiota balance. PURPOSE: Evaluate the gut microbiota behavior in rat models facing gut shortening due to intestinal bypass. MATERIALS AND
methodsWistar rats (n = 17) were randomly distributed in three groups: (1) sham group (n = 5); (2) blind loop group (n = 6); and (3) resection group (n = 6). Intestinal samples and feces were analyzed to measure bacterial concentrations (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth-SIBO) 12 weeks after the experimental procedures. Bacterial translocation (BT) was investigated in the mesenteric lymph node (MLN), liver, spleen, and lung of the animals. In addition, inflammatory aspects were investigated in their liver and small bowel through histological analysis.
resultsRegardless of blind loop, gut shortening groups recorded similar high level of bacterial concentrations in intestine compartments, greater than that of the sham group (p ≤ 0.05). BT was only observed in the MLN of gut shortening models, with higher percentage in the blind loop group (p ≤ 0.05). The gut and liver histopathological analysis showed similar low-grade chronic inflammation in both gut shortening groups, likely associated with SIBO/BT events.
conclusionSustained SIBO/BT was associated with proximal gut shortening in half regardless of blind loop, whereas the GI tract's ability to restore gut microbiota balance after a surgical challenge on the small bowel appears to be linked to the functional remaining gut.
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