[Intraoperative intestinal absorption and laparotomy].

The study of the intra- and post-operative intestinal absorption of glucose, xylose and a radionuclide, 99mTc, shows that laparotomy does not influence jejunal function, thus leaving the possibility of an immediate post-operative nutrition with a naso-jejunal tube, a needle catheter jejunostomy or, even, an oral feeding. Parenteral nutrition, for the future, could have a little role in post-operative period and the too much used nasogastric tube should be avoided.