[Current State of Intestinal Transplantation]

Andreas Pascher1

  • 1Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Deutschland.

PubMed
Summary

Intestinal transplantation is a rare but effective treatment for chronic intestinal failure when other methods fail. Survival rates are nearly 80% at 1 year and 70% at 3 years post-transplant.