The team observed that the intestinal villi reorganize during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and significantly enlarge, doubling their surface area. The studies were carried out in genetically ...

Fourteen procedures (33%) were intended to expand intestinal surface area by restoring intestinal continuity (n = 10), recruiting additional length (n = 3), or longitudinal lengthening (n = 1).

2011;68(23):2241-2247. Surface area for drug absorption The villi and microvilli responsible for the vast absorptive surface in the small intestine are of highest concentration in the duodenum ...