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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Challenging Management of Short Bowel Syndrome.

Ismini Kountouri, Afroditi Faseki, Alexandra Panagiotou, Christina Sevva, Ioannis Katsarelas, Dimitrios Chatzinas, Konstantinos Papadopoulos, Vasilis Stergios, Stylianos Mantalovas, Vasileios Alexandros Karakousis and 12 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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22 authors.

Ismini KountouriThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0002-6027-6378
Afroditi FasekiDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Alexandra PanagiotouDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Christina SevvaThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9869-7835
Ioannis KatsarelasDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.ORCID 0009-0003-8122-0872
Dimitrios ChatzinasDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Konstantinos PapadopoulosThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Vasilis StergiosThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Stylianos MantalovasThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0005-9771-8995
Vasileios Alexandros KarakousisThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0004-3719-4715
Panagiotis NachopoulosDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Athanasios PolychronidisDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Mohammad HusamiehDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Christos GkogkosGynecology and Obstetrics Department, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Marios DagherThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Panagiota RouliaThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-7630-4253
Amyntas GiotasGynecology and Obstetrics Department, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Miltiadis ChandoliasDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Periklis DimasisDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Dimitra ManolakakiDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.
Isaak KesisoglouThird Surgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1 Kiriakidi Street, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikolaos GkiatasDepartment of General Surgery, General Hospital of Katerini, 60132 Pieria, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 62-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department of the General Hospital of Katerini, Greece, complaining of abdominal pain, fever, and general discomfort. Laboratory tests indicated an elevated white blood cell count and an elevated C-reactive protein level. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed dilated small bowel loops and free intraperitoneal fluid. During laparotomy, extensive ischemia and necrosis of both the small and large bowel were discovered, and a resection of the small bowel and the right colon was performed, leaving the patient with only 90 cm of small intestine and a jejunocolic anastomosis. Postoperative management was particularly challenging, requiring a multidisciplinary approach, an intensive care unit stay, reoperations due to anastomotic leaks, continuous parenteral nutrition and electrolyte management, and aggressive antibiotic treatment for persistent bacterial infections. This case report highlights the importance of appropriate management of this life-threatening complication following extensive bowel resection.

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acute abdomenexcessive bowel resectionmanagementmesenteric ischemiashort bowel syndrome

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PMID40564852
PMCPMC12191585

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