Open AccessShort Bowel Syndrome and Malabsorption - Causes and Prevention
Author(s) -
Jon S. Thompson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000363276
Subject(s) - medicine , short bowel syndrome , etiology , malabsorption , gynecology , radiation enteritis , bowel resection , gastroenterology , surgery , enteritis , parenteral nutrition
The short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a condition caused by extensive intestinal resection for a variety of conditions. The etiology varies by age group. Necrotizing enterocolitis is the leading cause in infants. In older children, trauma and malignancies are most common. Postoperative SBS has become most common in adults, followed by mesenteric vascular disease and cancer/irradiation.
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