Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS AND RESULTS: We report what we believe is a first case of an extensive small bowel resection in a 5-month-old boy with proven MVID to act as a bridge to (liver-) intestinal transplantation to treat failure to thrive and intractable diarrhea. CONCLUSIONS: An extensive small bowel resection can be done to enhance the chance of survival leading up to the transplantation by managing fluid and electrolyte imbalance. It facilitates medical management of these patients and makes a bowel transplantation possible at a later stage.
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Authors | Karen van Hoeve, Ilse Hoffman, Fabio Fusaro, Jacques Pirenne, Ann Vander Auwera, Anne-Marie Dieltjens, Gert De Hertogh, Diethard Monbaliu, Marc Miserez |
Journal | Acta chirurgica Belgica
(Acta Chir Belg)
Vol. 116
Issue 6
Pg. 333-339
(Dec 2016)
ISSN: 0001-5458 [Print] England |
PMID | 27477384
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Biopsy
- Digestive System Surgical Procedures
(methods)
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Intestines
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Malabsorption Syndromes
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Male
- Microvilli
(pathology)
- Mucolipidoses
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Organ Transplantation
- Time Factors
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