Year 2009 / Volume 101 / Number 2
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Non-anatomical intestinal transplantation

pp. 139-143

Charco, R. / Malagelada, C. / Llopart, L. / Bueno, J. / Bilbao, I. / Caralt, M. / Vilallonga, R. / Gavaldá, J. / Dot, J. / Abu-Suboh, M. / Planas, M. / Accarino, A. / Armengol-Miró, J. R. / Azpiroz, F.

Abstract
Introduction: intestinal transplantation is the only long-range treatment option for patients with intestinal failure. We report an exceptional case of isolated intestinal transplantation with the implant in a non-anatomical position.
Clinical case: the patient was a thirty-eight-year-old man (60 kg weight, 180 cm height, 18.3 body mass index) with intestinal failure and home parenteral nutrition due to a short-bowel syndrome for which intestinal transplantation was indicated. The patient had a vascular malformation with the cava vein located left to the aorta, and the intestine was implanted with a 180° rotation around the mesenteric axis, so that the implant’s superior mesenteric artery and vein matched the recipient’s cava and aorta. Postoperative follow-up was excellent and the patient was discharged after six weeks with a 10-kg gain in body weight.
Discussion: this non-anatomical intestinal implantation of the small bowel, previously unreported, offers technical advantages over other options. Adequate intestinal function represents a unique model to prove the viability of intestinal implants in a non-anatomical position.
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Charco, R. / Malagelada, C. / Llopart, L. / Bueno, J. / Bilbao, I. / Caralt, M. / Vilallonga, R. / Gavaldá, J. / Dot, J. / Abu-Suboh, M. / Planas, M. / Accarino, A. / Armengol-Miró, J. R. / Azpiroz, F.. Non-anatomical intestinal transplantation. 139-143


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