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Redilation of bowel after intestinal lengthening procedures-an indicator for poor outcome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21238656     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Despite a good understanding of short-term outcomes of the longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring (LILT) and serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) procedures, limited data exist on long-term complications.
METHODS: This is a 15-year single-institution retrospective chart review of patients who underwent an intestinal lengthening procedure (ILP). Long-term ILP-related complications, their interval to development, patients' ability to wean off parenteral nutrition (PN), and the need for further procedures were analyzed.
RESULTS: Of 119 patients with short bowel syndrome, 14 had undergone an ILP. Seven patients had an LILT, and 9 patients had a STEP, including repeat ILPs on the same patient. Overall, 93% of patients had complications. Four patients in the LILT group and 3 patients in the STEP group weaned off PN. Eight patients (57%) experienced bowel redilation after their ILP. The 2 deaths in the study came from this group. Seven required another abdominal operation and only one weaned off PN. There were no significant differences in mean bowel length between the redilated group and the non-re-dilated group.
CONCLUSIONS: Complications are common after ILPs, and patients who redilated their bowel after ILP did clinically worse than those who did not.
Authors:
Eiichi A Miyasaka; Pamela I Brown; Daniel H Teitelbaum
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of pediatric surgery     Volume:  46     ISSN:  1531-5037     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Pediatr. Surg.     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-17     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0052631     Medline TA:  J Pediatr Surg     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  145-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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