title: [The ultrashort bowel syndrome: the surgical treatment of an exceptional case].
abstract: An exceptional case of a 16-year-old boy who accidentally lost all of the small bowel (except the proximal 5 cm. of jejunum), and also 10 cm of transverse colon and a small part of the middle and upper rectum, is presented. After suffering severe medical complications derived from prolonged and uninterrupted total parenteral nutrition for more than one year, with no oral intake except fluids, the patient underwent intestinal lengthening of all the residual bowel up to the sigmoid colon, with antiperistaltic anastomosis and sigmoid J pouch with myotomy. Several months after the operation the patient returned to his normal activities and is fed with a free-diet, complemented or not with nocturnal enteral and parenteral feeding, depending on the circumstances and weight variations. Lengthening of the large bowel together with the rest of surgical gestures here performed has not been published previously.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Dietética y Nutrición, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Devesa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nuño
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López Heredia
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Enriquez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sastre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morejón
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects; D011182:Postoperative Care; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative / Q000379:methods; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Síndrome de intestino ultracorto: tratamiento quirúrgico de un caso excepcional.