Living vs deceased donor small bowel transplantation

What is known

• Small bowel transplantation appears only tangentially, as management of complicated venous access in an SBT recipient ¹ and as one downstream option for ultra-short bowel ².

What is unknown / caveats

• The retrieved excerpts do not compare living-donor versus deceased-donor small bowel transplantation and contain no graft-function data for either
• No donor-source comparison is present in the retrieved excerpts.

References

1. Mims TT, Fishbein TM, Feierman DE. Management of a small bowel transplant with complicated central venous access in a patient with asymptomatic superior and inferior vena cava obstruction. Transplant Proc. 2004;36(2):388-91. PMID: 15050169.

2. Hofker TO, Kaijser MA, Nieuwenhuijs VB, Lange JFM, Hofker HS. Distal Duodenogastrostomy or Proximal Jejunogastrostomy in the Management of Ultra-Short Bowel. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018;22(3):538-543. PMID: 29273999.

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