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A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of intestinal failureDebra Sudan
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68193, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:165-76; discussion 176-7. 2005..An organized multidisciplinary approach to the patient with short bowel syndrome is recommended...
Cost and quality of life after intestinal transplantationDebra Sudan
Solid Organ Transplantation Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68195 3285, USA
Gastroenterology 130:S158-62. 2006..Although currently reserved for those with life-threatening complications, intestinal transplantation may soon be an option for any patient permanently dependent on parenteral nutrition...
Comparison of intestinal lengthening procedures for patients with short bowel syndromeDebra Sudan
Department of Surgery, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198 3285, USA
Ann Surg 246:593-601; discussion 601-4. 2007..Review the clinical results of 24 years of intestinal lengthening procedures at one institution...
Treatment of intestinal failure: intestinal transplantationDebra L Sudan
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:503-10. 2007..In addition, quality of life after intestinal transplantation, as determined by standardized quality of life measures, is good or normal...
Calprotectin: a novel noninvasive marker for intestinal allograft monitoringDebra Sudan
Department of Transplant, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Ann Surg 246:311-5. 2007..To identify a noninvasive screening test for intestinal allograft monitoring...
Transplantation for cholangiocarcinomaDebra L Sudan
Organ Transplantation Program, Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68198-3285, USA
Liver Transpl 12:S83-4. 2006
Heart xenograft survival with chimeric pig donors and modest immune suppressionWilliam E Beschorner
Department of Surgery, Transplantation Section, University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Ann Surg 237:265-72. 2003..The clinical use of pig organ xenografts is currently precluded by severe acute rejection, which resists standard immune suppression...
Stool calprotectin monitoring after small intestine transplantationDavid F Mercer
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Transplantation 91:1166-71. 2011..The ability to diagnose rejection noninvasively, ideally before pathologic manifestations, would be a major advance in the care of intestinal transplant patients...
Mild donor liver steatosis has no impact on hepatitis C virus fibrosis progression following liver transplantationJean F Botha
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Liver Int 27:758-63. 2007..This study examines the impact of donor liver macrovesicular steatosis on recurrence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease after liver transplantation...
Plasma nitrite and nitrate levels as a noninvasive marker of pathology after human small bowel transplantationYimin Sun
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
Transplantation 89:307-11. 2010..We hypothesized that increased plasma nitrite and nitrate (NOx) levels measured after small bowel transplant would be associated with abnormal final pathology...
Isolated liver transplantation in infants with end-stage liver disease due to short bowel syndromeJean F Botha
Department of Surgery, Section of Organ Transplantation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68918 3285, USA
Liver Transpl 12:1062-6. 2006..65 to 3.05). In conclusion, Isolated liver transplantation in children with liver failure as a result of SBS, who have favorable prognostic features for full enteral adaptation, is feasible with satisfactory long-term survival...
Portosystemic shunts in children: a 15-year experienceJean F Botha
Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3285, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:179-85. 2004..PSS, in particular the distal splenorenal shunt, has produced excellent results. This experience challenges the need for alternative forms of portal decompression...
Donor immune reconstitution after liver-small bowel transplantation for multiple intestinal atresia with immunodeficiencyRichard K Gilroy
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982168 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2168, USA
Blood 103:1171-4. 2004..We postulate that he has engrafted a donor intestine-derived immune system and is incapable of rejecting his engrafted organs...
Intestinal lengthening in adult patients with short bowel syndromeGovardhana Rao Yannam
Transplant Surgery Division, Department of General Surgery, 983285 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3285, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 14:1931-6. 2010..Limited information regarding the usefulness of bowel lengthening in adult patients with short bowel syndrome is available...
Comparison of short bowel syndrome acquired early in life and during adolescenceMatias Bruzoni
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Transplantation 86:63-6. 2008..We hypothesized that there may be important differences between adult patients who developed SBS during early childhood and those who develop this as adolescents...
Isolated liver transplantation in infants with end-stage liver disease associated with short bowel syndromeSimon P Horslen
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska 68198 3285, USA
Ann Surg 235:435-9. 2002..To evaluate experience with isolated orthotopic liver transplantation in children with liver failure associated with short bowel syndrome (SBS)...
Postoperative short bowel syndromeJon S Thompson
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-3280, USA
J Am Coll Surg 201:85-9. 2005..Preventing adhesions, avoiding technical errors, diagnosing a potentially ischemic intestine in a timely manner, and approaching the frozen abdomen cautiously are important strategies for preventing this condition...
Low-dose chemotherapy for Epstein-Barr virus-positive post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease in children after solid organ transplantationThomas G Gross
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:6481-8. 2005....
Role of an intestinal rehabilitation program in the treatment of advanced intestinal failureClarivet Torres
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 45:204-12. 2007..To analyze outcomes in children with intestinal failure treated by our Intestinal Rehabilitation Program (IRP) in a 4-year period...
Gallbladder pathology in morbid obesityGeorge W Dittrick
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Obes Surg 15:238-42. 2005..Obesity appears to change the effect of age and gender on gallbladder pathology...
Acute Budd-Chiari syndrome during pregnancy: surgical treatment and orthotopic liver transplantation with successful completion of the pregnancyWendy J Grant
Organ Transplantation Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
Liver Transpl 9:976-9. 2003..It is the only case of surgical treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome during pregnancy reported in the literature...
Quality of life after pediatric intestinal transplantation: the perception of pediatric recipients and their parentsDebra Sudan
Organ Transplantation Program, Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NB, USA
Am J Transplant 4:407-13. 2004..Parental proxy assessments differ from the recipients, with the parent's perception of decreased general health and physical functioning for intestinal transplant recipients compared with norms...
Leuconostoc bacteremia in pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome: case series and reviewDiana Florescu
Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Program, Microbiology University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:1013-9. 2008..This article presents 6 new cases of pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome who developed Leuconostoc bacteremia, and compares these cases with those previously reported in the literature...
Short bowel syndrome after continence-preserving proceduresJon S Thompson
Department of Surgery General Surgery and Transplant Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983280, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3280, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 12:73-6. 2008..SBS related to desmoid tumors has a poor prognosis in patients undergoing resection alone. A more aggressive approach to intestinal transplantation in these patients may be warranted...
Short bowel syndrome after traumaAnne Dabney
Departments of Surgery and Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3280, USA
Am J Surg 188:792-5. 2004..Traumatic injury to the intestine and its vasculature is a potential cause of short bowel syndrome (SBS). Our aim was to determine the incidence and mechanisms of traumatic injury to the bowel resulting in massive resection...
Radiochemotherapy and transplantation allow long-term survival for nonresectable hilar cholangiocarcinomaDebra Sudan
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
Am J Transplant 2:774-9. 2002..Long-term, tumor-free survival was achieved in 45% of the transplanted patients. Complications of biliary catheter placement for brachytherapy were associated with poor outcome...
Intestinal lengthening for short bowel syndromeJon Thompson
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3280, USA
Adv Surg 42:49-61. 2008..Patients with advanced liver disease are poor candidates for lengthening and should be referred for intestinal transplantation instead...
Adenovirus infections in pediatric small bowel transplant recipientsDiana F Florescu
Infectious Diseases Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5400, USA
Transplantation 90:198-204. 2010..Adenovirus is commonly isolated from pediatric small bowel transplant recipients, but its clinical consequences remain poorly understood...
Short bowel syndrome following bariatric surgical proceduresCorrigan L McBride
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 983280 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 3280, USA
Am J Surg 192:828-32. 2006..As long-term follow-up data are available, unusual long-term complications are being identified. Our goal was to examine the mechanisms and outcomes of patients with SBS following BP...
What's new in childhood organ transplantationDebra Sudan
Living Donor and Intestinal Rehabilitation Programs, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb, USA
Pediatr Rev 28:439-53. 2007
Omeprozole therapy in pediatric patients after liver and intestinal transplantationStuart S Kaufman
Joint Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Departments of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 34:194-8. 2002..A dosage of 0.5 mg/kg every 12 hours is sufficient for most patients, but dosing every 6 to 8 hours is required to assure maximal acid suppression in all...
Repeat surgical bowel lengthening with the STEP procedureAne M Andres
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Transplant Surgery, 983285 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 6555, USA
Transplantation 85:1294-9. 2008..Feasibility of repeat lengthening has been demonstrated in animals, but in humans, none of the three clinical case reports have achieved enteral autonomy after secondary lengthening with serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP)...
Quality of life after intestinal transplantationDebra Sudan
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb, USA
Prog Transplant 14:284-8. 2004..Few studies have been performed to date, but the limitations and implications of the available studies are summarized...
Pre-transplant analysis of accommodation in donor pigsWilliam E Beschorner
Ximerex, Inc, Omaha, NE 68116 2461, USA
Xenotransplantation 10:66-71. 2003..Acute vascular rejection was not observed in the heterotopic heart transplants from six donors with PBL accommodation. Only one incident of moderate diffuse cellular rejection (grade 3) was observed...
Nutritional outcome and growth of children after intestinal transplantationKishore Iyer
Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
J Pediatr Surg 37:464-6. 2002..There is evidence of severe inhibition of linear growth at the time of transplantation with no evidence of catch-up after transplantation...
Living and deceased donor liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma at a single centerAlejandro Mejia
Transplant Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
Clin Transplant 19:721-5. 2005..5 and 11 yr post-transplant. Our experience supports the role of LDLT and deceased donor liver transplantation in the management of unresectable HB when waiting times can be detrimental to the patient's survival...
