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Nutritional Outcomes of Bowel Lengthening Procedure in Patients with Short Bowel Syndrome

2024; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 16; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/nu16101456

2072-6643

Tena Niseteo, Mia Šalamon Janečić, Sara Sila, Anuka Torić, Laura Serdar, Stjepan Višnjić, Francisca Velcek, Marko Mesić, Iva Hojsak,

Nutrition and Health in Aging

Although parenteral nutrition (PN) significantly improves mortality rates in pediatric short bowel syndrome (SBS), long-term PN has many possible complications and impacts quality of life. Bowel lengthening procedures (BLPs) increase the contact surface of food and the intestinal mucosa and enable the better absorption of nutrients and liquids, possibly leading to a PN decrease.