Small bowel transplantation in experimental and clinical medicine

Small bowel transplantation (SBT) has recently the attention of clinicians as an alternative to management of patients with irreversible bowel failure. In this paper, the authors provide an overview of basic facts regarding SBT in experimental and clinical medicine. The paper describes the evolution of bowel transplantation in experiment before it was introduced into clinical practice. In the part discussing clinical SBT, the author's report the currently available international data on SBT. In its conclusion, the paper presents the authors own experience with experimental SBT in animals and humans (Ref. 15).