RESUMO
Two interesting aspects should be considered in intestinal malabsortion from the Surgical point of view. First, this sindrome may be caused by subobstructive lesions of the gut, which may be able of surgical correction. Second, malabsortion may follow certain operations performed in the gastrointestinal tract. Many of this problems are connected with alterations of the intestinal flora, and or a diminution in the obstructive intestinal surface. The clinical picture is not clear due to the pathological and surgical implications. The experience of the last 10 years is reviewed and conected with the following items, whem accompanied by not infectious diarrhea: a) Hiatus hernia and vaguectomy; b) Gastrointestinal by-pass; c) Intestinal atresia and stenosis; d) Small gut resections-Short bowel sindrome; e) Incompetence of the ileocecal valve.
