A multidisciplinary approach to short bowel syndrome

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Andrea Denegri
Francesco Paparo
Roberto Denegri
Matteo Revelli
Marco Frascio
Gian Andrea Rollandi
Rosario Fornaro

Abstract

Short bowel syndrome is a complex clinical picture, characterized by signs and symptoms of malabsorption and subsequent malnutrition, which often occurs after extensive bowel resections.


Short bowel syndrome’s treatment must begin together with the planning of the first surgery, especially for disease that may need multiple interventions. Patients with short bowel should be individually managed because they all are different in diagnosis, length of the remaining bowel and in psychosocial characteristics. For all these reasons, a multidisciplinary approach between the various specialists is therefore needed.

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Denegri, Andrea, et al. “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 85, no. 4, July 2014, pp. 332-40, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2180.
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