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I was wondering what are the odds of someone being able to live a long healthy life with only 5 inches of small/lower intestine?
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The odds: Of intestinal adaptation, not being reliant on IV nutrition, increase if one has more than 15 cm of small intestine with a remaining ileocecal valve.
Answered 5/23/2015
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