title: Pattern of growth after pediatric living-donor small bowel transplantation.
abstract: The aim of our study was to analyze growth in children who underwent LDSB. The question was whether these children obtain linear growth and improvement of the Z-score for height and weight after the transplant. Three children with a mean age of 24 months underwent living-donor intestinal transplantation with 150 cm of terminal ileum. At a mean follow-up of 27 months height increased from 82.5 to 97.5 cm although Z-score for height did not improve, -2.679 to -2.675. Mean weight increased from 11.4 to 14.2 kg while Z-score for weight went from -1.916 to -2.409. Although these data are pertinent to only three children and the follow-up is slightly longer than two yr, it appears that while long-term survival and independency from TPN is achieved, only linear growth might be expected and catch-up growth does not occur.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porubsky
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holterman
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsou
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002657:Child Development; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone