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Critical lengths of remaining bowel to avoid short bowel syndrome
| 100 cm for a permanent jejunostomy (loss of colon) |
| 65 cm for a jejunocolic anastomosis (preservation of colon) |
| 35 cm for a jejunoileal anastomosis with preservation of the ileocecal region |
