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: Received: 24 August 2023 / Approved: 28 August 2023 / Online: 29 August 2023 (08:58:41 CEST)
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Švagždys, S.; Smolskaitė, I.; Vindžigalskytė, R. Short Bowel Syndrome: life–Saving Parenteral Nutrition for 4 Months - A Clinical Case and Literature Review. Preprints2023, 2023081913. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1913.v1
Švagždys, S.; Smolskaitė, I.; Vindžigalskytė, R. Short Bowel Syndrome: life–Saving Parenteral Nutrition for 4 Months - A Clinical Case and Literature Review. Preprints 2023, 2023081913. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1913.v1
Švagždys, S.; Smolskaitė, I.; Vindžigalskytė, R. Short Bowel Syndrome: life–Saving Parenteral Nutrition for 4 Months - A Clinical Case and Literature Review. Preprints2023, 2023081913. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1913.v1
APA Style
Švagždys, S., Smolskaitė, I., & Vindžigalskytė, R. (2023). Short Bowel Syndrome: life–Saving Parenteral Nutrition for 4 Months - A Clinical Case and Literature Review. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1913.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Švagždys, S., Ieva Smolskaitė and Rūta Vindžigalskytė. 2023 "Short Bowel Syndrome: life–Saving Parenteral Nutrition for 4 Months - A Clinical Case and Literature Review" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1913.v1
Abstract
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) in adults is defined as having less than 180 to 200 cm of remaining small bowel [1–4]. Many literature sources do not provide precise epidemiological data, challenges in estimating the prevalence of SBS include its multifactorial etiology and varying definitions [1–7]. The most common pathologies leading to SBS include Crohn disease, mesenteric ischemia, radiation enteritis, post-surgical adhesions, and post-operative complications [1,2,4–6]. In advanced SBS, parenteral nutrition may be required to ensure that all vital nutrients are delivered directly through the venous system, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract [1,8–10]. In this article, we present a clinical case of a patient who underwent parenteral nutrition for four months due to SBS. The surgical team performed reconstructive re-anastomosis of both the small and large bowel, leading to the discontinuation of parenteral nutrition and the resumption of a regular diet.
Keywords
short bowel syndrome; parenteral nutrition; reconstructive gastrointestinal surgery
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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