STEP improves long-term survival for pediatric short bowel syndrome patients: A Markov decision analysis

Increasingly, for pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS), intestinal lengthening procedures such as serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) are being offered with the hope of improving patients ’ chances for achieving enteral autonomy. However, it remains unclear to what extent STEP reduces the long-term need for intestinal transplant or improves survival.

Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery - April 24, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: RA Choudhury, D Yoeli, HB Moore, K Prins, M Kovler, SD Goldstein, SG Holland-Cunz, M Adams, JP Roach, TL Nydam, RN Vuille-dit-Bille Source Type: research