India's first successful intestinal transplant: the road traveled and the lessons learnt.

Medanta Institute of Liver Diseases and Transplantation, Medanta-The Medicity, Sector 38, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122 001, India, absoin@gmail.com.

Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology. 2014;(2):104-13
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Abstract

Intestinal transplant is a therapeutic challenge not just surgically but also logistically because of the multidisciplinary expertise and resources required. A large proportion of patients who undergo massive bowel resection and develop intestinal failure have poor outcome, because of inability to sustain long-term parenteral nutrition and limited availability of intestinal and multi-visceral transplantation facilities. We report the first successful isolated intestinal transplant from India.

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Publication Type : Case Reports ; Review

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