Behavior of serum iron levels and total iron-binding capacity following gastrectomy
Schröder, H.; Winnefeld, K.; Splinter, K.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten 44(3): 118-123
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-1053 PMID: 6499725 Document Number: 226857
Iron and the total iron binding capacity before and after an application of iron per os using the method of atomic absorption were determined in serum of 18 patients with a gastrectomy. The results were compared with a healthy group without a gastrectomy. We could not find significant disturbances of the enteral resorption of iron. But some patients show symptomes of a latent iron deficiency. After an operation the routine substitution of iron per os in patients without the stomach is indicated.