Re-Tubularization of Highly-Ischemic Anti-Mesenteric Border (ReHAB): A Novel Bowel Preservation Technique in Complex Gastroschisis.

Creator(s)

Richard J. Hendrickson, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Ashwini S. Poola, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Katherine W. Gonzalez, Children's Mercy Hospital
Joel Lim, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2017

Identifier

PMCID: PMC5593482, DOI: 10.21699/jns.v6i3.602

Abstract

Complex gastroschisis with bowel necrosis poses an operative challenge. Surgeons must weigh the decision between resection versus preservation of ischemic bowel. As one of the leading causes of short bowel syndrome, aggressive resection in complicated gastroschisis subjects children to prolonged dependence on parenteral nutrition and its attendant complications. Herein, we describe a novel technique aimed towards bowel preservation in complex gastroschisis patients with severe bowel ischemia with the ultimate goal for enteral autonomy.

Journal Title

J Neonatal

Volume

6

Issue

3

First Page

63

Last Page

63

MeSH Keywords

Gastroschisis/surgery; Intestines/surgery; Short Bowel Syndrome

Keywords

Gastroschisis; Ischemic bowel; Short bowel syndrome; ReHAB; Surgery

Comments

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Recommended Citation

Hendrickson RJ, Poola AS, Gonzalez KW, Lim J, Oyetunji TA. Re-Tubularization of Highly-Ischemic Anti-Mesenteric Border (ReHAB): A Novel Bowel Preservation Technique in Complex Gastroschisis. J Neonatal Surg. 2017;6(3):63. Published 2017 Aug 10. doi:10.21699/jns.v6i3.602