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. 2010 Mar 15;172(11):883-5.

[Small intestine transplant for intestinal failure in children]

[Article in Danish]
Lisbeth Marianne Thøstesen  1 , Niels Qvist, Allan Rasmussen, Steffen Husby
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  • PMID: 20403272

[Small intestine transplant for intestinal failure in children]

[Article in Danish]
Lisbeth Marianne Thøstesen et al. Ugeskr Laeger. .

Abstract

Parenteral nutrition is the main treatment of intestinal failure. In cases with irreversible intestinal failure and life-threatening complications to parenteral nutritional treatment, transplantation of the intestine may be considered. Post-transplantation survival has increased markedly during the latest years and is now > 80% after one year and > 50% after five years. Recipients of an isolated intestinal transplantation have a better survival rate than recipients of a combined liver-intestinal-transplantation.

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