Post-serial transverse enteroplasty bowel redilatation treated by longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring procedure

J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Oct;47(10):e19-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.05.023.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Digestive System Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Jejunum / surgery
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Short Bowel Syndrome / surgery*