Preface: Short Bowel Syndrome (by Tom Jaksic and Biren Modi)

Nearly all pediatric surgeons encounter patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). This complex disease entity is a consequence of actual bowel loss, or resection, resulting in clinically significant malabsorption that requires specialized nutritional therapy. Classic surgical diseases of the newborn are the primary etiologies of SBS and include: necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroschisis, intestinal atresia, and midgut volvulus. Approximately 80% of intestinal failure (IF) in children is due to SBS.

Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery - July 28, 2018 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tom Jaksic Source Type: research