A M Andrés Moreno, E Ramos, F Hernández, J L Encinas, N Leal, M L Gámez, L Martínez, J Sarriá, M Molina, E Martínez-Ojinaga, J Murcia, E Frauca, M Delgado, G Prieto, M López Santamaría, J A Tovar
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the evolution of Small Bowel Transplantation program since the beginning of the program. MATERIAL AND METHODS: [corrected] All children who underwent intestinal transplantation between 1997 and 2009 were retrospectively reviewed: epidemiological data, status before transplant, surgical technique, immunosupression, results, survival and long.term quality of life were analysed. RESULTS: Fifty-two intestinal transplants were performed in 46 children (20 isolated bowel, 20 combined liver and intestine, and 12 multivisceral); median age was 32m (range 7m-19a); weight 12,3 kg (range 3,9-60); 31 had short gut syndrome, 8 dismotility, 5 intractable diarrhea, and two were miscellaneous...
July 2010: Cirugía Pediátrica: Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Pediátrica