Functional changes in short bowel syndrome in children

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) that arises after extensive intestine resection is the main cause of intestinal failure development in children. SBS it is a multisystemic condition provoked by the suboptimal absorption of nutrients as a result of insufficient length of small intestine. The majority of SBS occurs in neonates due to acquired pathology, such as necrotizing enterocolitis or intestine volvulus, or congenital malformations (intestinal atresia, intrauterine volvulus, malrotation, vanishing gastroschisis, and aganglionosis involving major parts of the small intestine). SBS - is the pathology that requires the multidisciplinary management, where surgery has a significantrole. The main methods of the surgical management of SBS in children are the autogenous intestinal reconstruction and intestinal transplantation. Considered the technical aspects of the various methods of intestine lengthening, it’s results, and complications.