Abstract
Bone metabolism disorder caused by surgery and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract has been reported formerly, however the awareness of these disorder is not high. Calcium is absorbed mainly from the duodenum to the upper jejunum, moreover gastric acid plays an important role in digestion and absorption of calcium. Therefore, it is easy to imagine that gastrectomy will cause bone metabolism disorder. Furthermore, bone metabolism disorder accompanies with inflammatory bowel disease is drawing attention in recent years. Bone metabolic disorder accompanying with gastrointestinal dysfunction is not rare, accordingly clinician needs to understand the pathological condition. In this report, we will outline bone metabolism disorder caused by gastrointestinal surgery and diseases.
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