Staged Controlled Bowel Expansion Prior to Serial Transverse Enteroplasty in Preterm Neonates with Short Bowel Syndrome: A Safe and Feasible Strategy to Enable Intestinal Reconstruction

Abstract

Preterm neonates with short bowel syndrome represent one of the most challenging populations in pediatric intestinal rehabilitation. Autologous intestinal reconstruction is frequently delayed in this group because insufficient bowel dilation precludes safe lengthening, prolonging dependence on parenteral nutrition and increasing the risk of intestinal failure–associated liver disease, sepsis, and growth failure.

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