Second Serial Transverse Enteroplasty Procedure in an Infant with Extreme Short Bowel Syndrome.

Author: Jung Tak OH ¹ ; Hong KOH ; Eun Young CHANG ; Hye Kyung CHANG ; Seok Joo HAN
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1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Severance Children's Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jtoh@yuhs.ac
Publication Type:Case Reports
Keywords: Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP); Short Bowel Syndrome; Infant
MeSH: Digestive System Surgical Procedures; Female; Humans; Infant; Intestinal Atresia/surgery; Short Bowel Syndrome/radiography/*surgery
From:Journal of Korean Medical Science 2012;27(6):701-703
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: The serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) procedure is a novel technique to lengthen and taper the bowel in patients with short bowel syndrome. The advantages of STEP include not only technical ease and simplicity, but also the ability to repeat the procedure. Herein, we report a case of extreme short bowel syndrome that was successfully treated by the second STEP procedure. A 3-day old newborn girl underwent STEP because of jejunal atresia with the small bowel length of 15 cm, but her bowel elongation was not enough to escape from short bowel syndrome. At the age of 6 months, she underwent a second STEP procedure. The bowel lengthening by the second STEP made her tolerable to enteral feeding with body weight gain and rescued her from short bowel syndrome. This case showed that second STEP is very helpful in treatment of extreme short bowel syndrome.