Open AccessThe Surgical Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome - Autologous Reconstruction versus Transplantation
Author(s) -
Aparna Rege
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000363589
Subject(s) - short bowel syndrome , medicine , parenteral nutrition , malabsorption , enteral administration , intestinal failure , intensive care medicine , glucagon like peptide 2 , transplantation , surgery , peptide , biochemistry , chemistry
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a state of malabsorption resulting from massive small bowel resection leading to parenteral nutrition (PN) dependency. Considerable advances have been achieved in the medical and surgical management of SBS over the last few decades.
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