Tamás Cserni, Garbriella Varga, Dániel Erces, József Kaszaki, Beáta Biszku, Ildikó Guthy, Agnes László, Ferenc Dicső, Adrian Bianchi, Antonino Morabito, György Rákóczy
INTRODUCTION: In severe short bowel syndrome, as a result of the natural adaptation, the bowel becomes overdilated, this interferes with the persitalsis and may lead to stasis, bacterial translocation and sepsis. At present two techniques are used to improve peristalsis. The Bianchi procedure is technically challenging, the Serial Transverse Enteroplasty (STEP) is easy however it results in an aphysiological ultrastructure altering the orientation of the muscle fibres. Our aim was to develop an easy technique, which does not alter intestinal muscular ultrastructure dramatically...
December 2014: Magyar Sebészet