Bowel Lengthening by Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) in the Short Bowel Syndrome. Primary Experience

• Authors: Mariusz Sroka , Agnieszka Szlagatys , Marcin Łosin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

New technique of bowel lengthening- Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) in a case of patient with short bowel syndrome with great fluid losses accompanied with electrolyte disorders is presented. The patient was parenteral nutrition-dependent. After surgery total bowel length almost doubled and electrolyte disorders ceased. Intra-venous supply was reduced by half. This procedure in our opinion is easier than other techniques of bowel lengthening, but still very effective and may be a surgical option of choice in patients with short bowel syndrome. According to our knowledge it has been the first such procedure performed in Poland.

Keywords

EN

short bowel syndrome   intestinal lengthening   STEP  

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 81
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 113-117

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2009

online

20 - 3 - 2009

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-009-0015-z