Figure 1.

Oral supplementation of butyrate improves intestinal smooth muscle adaptation in rats with massive small bowel resection. A. Body weight change of rats after surgery during the experiment. B. The total length of residual intestine at day 14 after surgery. C. Comparison of proximal small bowel between the SB W and SB Bu groups at days 7 and 14 after surgery. D. Macroscopic view of the residual intestine showing the changes in the length in different groups of rats on postoperative day 14. Arrows show anastomosis sites. Values are the means ± SD, *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001, vs SB W.