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What's isolated small bowel transplantation?

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Intestine only: In an isolated small bowel transplant only the small bowel is transplanted. Other bowel transplants may involve the stomach, duodenum, pancreas or liver.

Answered 3/11/2015

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Dr. Jonathan Fridell answered

Specializes in General Surgery

SBTx: An isolated intestine is a small bowel allograft usually transplanted for short gut. If the liver has also failed, it is also included, usually as a multivisceral cluster including liver, pancreas, duodenum and small intestine (+\- the stomach). Less often, a modified mvt without the liver is appropriate.

Answered 12/10/2013

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