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Tissue Engineering of the Intestine in a Murine Model
Published on: December 1, 2012
Current management of the short bowel syndrome
Jon S Thompson1, Rebecca Weseman, Fedja A Rochling
1Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Nebraska Medical Center, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA. jthompso@unmc.edu
Abstract:
Short bowel syndrome is a challenging clinical problem that benefits from a multidisciplinary approach. Much progress has recently been made in all aspects of management. Medical intestinal rehabilitation should be the initial treatment focus, and several new potential pharmacologic agents are being investigated. Surgical rehabilitation using nontransplant procedures in selected patients may further improve intestinal function. Intestinal lengthening procedures are particularly promising. Intestinal transplantation has increasingly been used with improving success in patients with life-threatening complications of intestinal failure.
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