Post-serial transverse enteroplasty bowel redilatation treated by longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure.
The serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) is a safe and successful procedure to lengthen the small bowel. Several patients develop postoperative bowel redilatation with loss of bowel adaptation. We describe a 2-month-old male infant with short bowel syndrome who developed dilatation of the lengthened segment after STEP, which was successfully treated by a longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first described case of longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure after STEP.
Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Abdominal Surgery and Transplantation, St Luc University Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), 1200 Brussels, Belgium. fabiofusaro@libero.it
Fabio
F
Fusaro
Dominique
D
Hermans
Catherine
C
Wanty
Francis
F
Veyckemans
Jacques
J
Pirenne
Raymond
R
Reding
D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*