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: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 81
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 113-117

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2009

online

20 - 3 - 2009

Contributors

author

Mariusz Sroka

• Department of Surgery and Urology for Children and Adolescents, Medical University of Gdańsk

author

Agnieszka Szlagatys

• Department of Peadiatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepathology and Nutrition, University of Gdańsk

author

Marcin Łosin

• Department of Surgery and Urology for Children and Adolescents, Medical University of Gdańsk

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-009-0015-z