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The term short bowel syndrome (SBS) defines a state of maldigestion and malabsorption of many different etiologies. Pediatric SBS results after intrauterine loss or postnatal extensive resection of the small bowel or after trauma with mesenteric avulsion. The management is a significant challenge to the surgical and pediatric/gastroenterological team. New surgical strategies including autologous intestinal reconstruction techniques, or small bowel transplantation together with sophisticated nutritional therapeutic strategies, achieve significant improvement often with complete bowel rehabilitation. Nevertheless, even today some patients need additional long-term home parenteral nutrition for adequate physical development.

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Höllwarth, M.E. (2023). Short Bowel Syndrome. In: Puri, P., Höllwarth, M.E. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81488-5_75

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