Journal article
The Bianchi Procedure in a Patient with Jejunal Atresia
Abstract
While small-bowel transplantation remains an option for the management of short-bowel syndrome (SBS), every effort must be made to optimize the function of the native bowel. This report describes a patient with SBS who dramatically improved after a Bianchi procedure. The patient was born with type IIIb jejunal atresia, complicated by volvulus of the terminal ileum. He was left with 40 cm of small bowel and his ileocecal valve. During the first …
Authors
Flageole H; Adolph V; Sigalet D; Fecteau A; Drouin E; Laberge J
Journal
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol. 7, No. 06, pp. 361–363
Publisher
Thieme
Publication Date
December 1997
DOI
10.1055/s-2008-1071192
ISSN
0939-7248