Intestinal stasis in relation to cancer etiology and prophylaxis / by William Seaman Bainbridge.

  • Bainbridge, William Seaman, 1870-1947.
Date:
[1912]
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Credit: Intestinal stasis in relation to cancer etiology and prophylaxis / by William Seaman Bainbridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The points of predilection for the forma¬ tion of these kinks are: (i) in the third part of the duodenum, at the commence¬ ment of the jejunum; (2) at different points along the terminal coil of the ileum, “Lane’s Ileal Kink;” (3) in the ileo-cecal region, including the appendix; (4) in the region of the hepatic flexure and the first part of the transverse colon; (5) at the splenic flexure; (6) at the sigmoid loop; (7) in the rectum. The degree of obstruction has been care¬ fully studied by Mr. Lane, with the aid of the excellent radiographic work of Dr. Al¬ fred C. Jordan, medical radiographer to Guy’s Hospital. The rapidity of the pas¬ sage of bismuth through the intestinal canal has been accurately studied. It has been found that the obstruction varies widely, from a slight degree, which is easily cor¬ rected by abdominal supports, to a greater degree, which may require laparotomy, with division of the bands and correction of the angulation, ileo-colostomy, etc., and on to the more severe degrees, necessitating radi¬ cal treatment, such as colectomy. The entire subject is too new to be of value from a statistical point of view with reference to cancer, but it is certainly worthy of careful study in this connection, as well as in its broader application to the more immediate results of intestinal stasis. Since my attention was first directed to Lane’s work I have borne these “kinks” in