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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2014; 24(04): 379-388
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.143900
Transplant Imaging

Imaging in pediatric small bowel transplantation

Nadir Khan
Department of Radiology, City General Hospital. University Hospital of North Staffordshire, UK
,
Grace S Phillips
Department of Radiology, Seattle Children′s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Matthew T Heller
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburg, PA
,
Leann E Linam
Department of Radiology, Arkansas Children′s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
,
Shawn E Parnell
Department of Radiology, Seattle Children′s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
,
Mariam Moshiri
Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
,
Puneet Bhargava
Department of Radiology, University of Washington and VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA
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Abstract

Small bowel transplantation, alone or with other organs as multivisceral transplantation, is performed for patients with chronic intestinal failure. With advancing surgical techniques and improved post-surgical management, survival of these patients has increased tremendously in the last two decades. The radiologist has an important role in the preoperative and postoperative management of these patients. Knowledge of surgical techniques and post-surgical complications seen in the transplant recipient is necessary for adequate management of these patients.

Keywords

Bowel transplantation - pediatric small bowel transplantation - pediatric transplantation - small bowel transplantation - transplantation


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Article published online:
02 August 2021

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