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Boroni G, Parolini F, Stern MV, Moglia C, Alberti D. Autologous Intestinal Reconstruction Surgery in Short Bowel Syndrome: Which, When, and Why. Front Nutr 2022; 9:861093. [PMID: 35463997 PMCID: PMC9023091 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.861093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Short bowel syndrome (SBS), secondary to any natural loss or after any extensive bowel resection for congenital malformations or acquired disease, is the most common cause of intestinal failure in children. Extensive introduction of parenteral nutrition (PN) has dramatically changed the outcome of these patients, allowing for long-term survival. The main goal in children with SBS remains to be increasing enteral tolerance and weaning from PN support. Post resection intestinal adaptation allows for achievement of enteral autonomy in a subset of these patients, but the inability to progress in enteral tolerance exposes others to long-term complications of PN. Autologous intestinal reconstruction surgery (AIRS) can facilitate the fulfilment of enteral autonomy, maximizing the absorptive potential of the remaining gut. All the different intestinal reconstruction techniques, from simple procedures like tapering, reversed segments, and colon interposition, to more complex lengthening procedures (LILT: longitudinal intestinal lengthening and tailoring, STEP: serial transverse enteroplasty, and SILT: spiral intestinal lengthening and tailoring) and techniques designed for peculiar problems like controlled intestinal tissue expansion or duodenal lengthening are presented. AIRS indications, clinical applications, and results reported in the literature are reviewed.
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- Giovanni Boroni
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- *Correspondence: Giovanni Boroni,
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Ryu S, Hara K, Goto K, Okamoto A, Kitagawa T, Marukuchi R, Ito R, Nakabayashi Y. Fluorescence angiography vs. direct palpation for bowel viability evaluation with strangulated bowel obstruction. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2021; 407:797-803. [PMID: 34664121 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-021-02358-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE In surgery for strangulated bowel obstruction, intestinal blood flow (IBF) is usually evaluated by observing bowel colour, peristalsis, intestinal temperature and arterial pulsations in the mesentery. We investigated whether indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) is an effective alternative to palpation. METHODS Thirty-eight patients who underwent emergency surgery for strangulated bowel obstruction from January 2017 to April 2021 were divided into two groups: (i) the ICG + group, in which ICG was used during laparoscopic surgery (n = 16), and (ii) the ICG - group, in which palpation without ICG was used during open surgery (n = 22). Starting in July 2019, ICG and laparoscopic surgery were applied in all cases except emergency cases when the fluorescence laparoscope was not ready. Surgical outcomes and patient characteristics were compared. RESULTS Patient characteristics, the operative duration and postoperative hospitalization duration did not significantly differ between the groups. Bowel resection was performed in 4 cases (25%) among ICG + patients and 11 cases (50%) among ICG - patients. The ratios of pathological findings (ischaemia:mucosal necrosis:transmural necrosis) were 0:2:2 and 1:6:4 in the two groups, respectively. Blood loss was measured with gauze and suction tubes and was 1 (0-5) mL in the ICG + group and 12.5 (0-73) mL in the ICG - group (p = 0.002). Postoperative complications occurred in 1 case (6.3%) in the ICG + group and 9 cases (40.9%) in the ICG - group (p = 0.025). CONCLUSION Although there were few intestinal resections in the ICG + group, the rate of pathological necrosis tended to be high, and no complications due to ineligibility were noted in the intestinal preservation group. During laparoscopic surgery, ICG-FA is useful as a substitute for palpation and has the potential to improve surgical outcomes. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION Research Ethics Committee of the Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center (Saitama, Japan) approval number: 2019-40.
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- Shunjin Ryu
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan.
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, 180, Nishiaraijuku, Kawaguchi City , Saitama, 333-0833, Japan
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State-of-the-art colorectal disease: conservative surgical management of intestinal failure in adults. Int J Colorectal Dis 2021; 36:1597-1607. [PMID: 33629118 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-021-03863-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Intestinal failure (IF) is defined by the reduction of gut function under the minimum necessary for adequate absorption of macronutrients and/or electrolytes, requiring home parenteral nutrition (HPN) to maintain health and/or growth. Among the different causes of IF, short bowel syndrome (SBS) is one of the main causes of IF in adults. Management of IF and SBS is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. The aim of this study was to review the place and the modalities of conservative surgical procedures performed for IF in adults. RESULTS-CONCLUSION HPN has drastically modified the poor prognosis of these patients, leading to an overall survival around 70-75% at 5 years in patients without cancer. However, HPN is associated with life-threatening long-term complications, including liver failure and catheter-related complications, main causes of deaths for these patients. Surgery can be proposed, in order to try to reduce SBS consequences with either conservative or non-conservative procedures. Simple bowel continuity restoration should be performed as often as possible in order to wean or at least to reduce HPN. Lengthening procedures are proposed to increase the absorption surface of the remnant bowel. These procedures can be only performed on a dilated small bowel. The slowing transit time procedure is represented by segmental reversal of the small bowel. Intestinal transplantation is the last surgical option for patients with IF but is still today associated with high mortality and failure rates. Thus, conservative procedures have a major role in the surgical armentarium for patients with IF.
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Deng G, Deng Z. Enhancement of Colonic Absorptive Function after the Massive Resection of the Small Intestine Based on the Creation of an Artificial Colonic Valve. Sci Rep 2020; 10:818. [PMID: 31965020 PMCID: PMC6972711 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57865-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The colon can have an absorptive function similar to that of the small intestine after the massive resection of the small bowel. To improve colonic absorptive function, we created a valve in the colon (artificial colonic valve, ACV). ACVs were created in 20 rats that had 80 percent of their small intestine resected, with an observation time of 30 weeks. The ACV rats were compared with those in the non-operated control group, the short bowel syndrome (SBS) group and the colon interposition (CI) group. The ACV rats were much heavier than those in the control group, SBS group and CI group. In terms of histology and the levels of α-amylase and the Na+-dependent bile salt transporter, the absorptive function of the colons before the valves resembled that of the small intestine. The colonic absorptive function was more obvious in ACV rats than in CI rats. An ACV can enhance colonic absorptive function after the massive resection of the small intestine. The colonic absorptive function of ACV rats was better than that of the rats in the CI group.
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- Gaoyan Deng
- Department of pediatric surgery, Guangzhou women and children's medical center, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of pediatric surgery, Guangzhou women and children's medical center, Guangzhou, China
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Insufficient absorptive mucosal surface is the fundamental problem in the short bowel state. Intestinal adaptation has been well studied, and it is well recognized that it may lead to dilatation of the bowel with increased thickness of the bowel wall, resulting from both mucosal hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Autologous reconstructive surgery exploits bowel dilatation in short bowel syndrome and maximizes the absorptive potential of the available mucosal surface. Indeed, autologous gastrointestinal reconstructive procedures may be better viewed as optimizing bowel diameter rather than focusing on length, thus allowing better prograde peristalsis and improved contact between luminal nutrients and mucosa, ultimately enhancing absorption.
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- Riccardo Coletta
- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Center for Intestinal Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Gaetanao Pieraccini. 24, Florence 50139, Italy; School of Environment and Life Science, University of Salford, Salford, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Surgery, Center for Intestinal Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, Meyer Children's Hospital, Viale Gaetanao Pieraccini. 24, Florence 50139, Italy; School of Environment and Life Science, University of Salford, Salford, UK; Department of NeuroFarBa, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Intestinal Rehabilitation & Transplant Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave Levy Place, Box 1104, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Extensive loss of small bowel in all age groups has significant morbidity and mortality consequences. Despite the astonishing ability of the small bowel to compensate for an extensive loss, long-term parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition, tailored to the need of the patients in relation to the missing intestinal regions is needed. Organ-preserving surgical intervention becomes necessary in patients with a very short intestinal transit time and in an other group of patients with impaired propulsive peristalsis. Intestinal transplantation is indicated in recurrent septical infections or if nearly all of the small bowel is missing. This review discusses indications and risks of the organ-preserving surgical therapies in children with short bowel syndrome.
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- Michael E Höllwarth
- University Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 36, 8034, Graz, Austria.
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Thompson JS, Langenfeld SJ, Hewlett A, Chiruvella A, Crawford C, Armijo P, Oleynikov D. Surgical treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders. Curr Probl Surg 2016; 53:503-549. [PMID: 27765162 DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jon S Thompson
- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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- Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
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Rege A. The Surgical Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome - Autologous Reconstruction versus Transplantation. VISZERALMEDIZIN 2015; 30:179-89. [PMID: 26288592 PMCID: PMC4513826 DOI: 10.1159/000363589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a state of malabsorption resulting from massive small bowel resection leading to parenteral nutrition (PN) dependency. Considerable advances have been achieved in the medical and surgical management of SBS over the last few decades. METHODS This review discusses in detail the surgical approach to SBS. RESULTS Widespread use of PN enables long-term survival in patients with intestinal failure but at the cost of PN-associated life-threatening complications including catheter-associated blood stream infection, venous thrombosis, and liver disease. The goal of management of intestinal failure due to SBS is to enable enteral autonomy and wean PN by means of a multi-disciplinary approach. Availability of modified enteral feeding formulas have simplified nutrition supplementation in SBS patients. Similarly, advances in the medical field have made medications like growth hormone and glucagon-like peptide (GLP2) available to improve water and nutrient absorption as well as to enable achieving enteral autonomy. Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction (AGIR) includes various techniques which manipulate the bowel surgically to facilitate the bowel adaptation process and restoration of enteral nutrition. Ultimately, intestinal transplantation can serve as the last option for the cure of intestinal failure when selectively applied. CONCLUSION SBS continues to be a challenging medical problem. Best patient outcomes can be achieved through an individualized plan, using various AGIR techniques to complement each other, and intestinal transplantation as a last resort for cure. Maximum benefit and improved outcomes can be achieved by caring for SBS patients at highly specialized intestinal rehabilitation centers.
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- Aparna Rege
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Coletta R, Khalil BA, Morabito A. Short bowel syndrome in children: surgical and medical perspectives. Semin Pediatr Surg 2014; 23:291-7. [PMID: 25459014 DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2014.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The main cause of intestinal failure in children is due to short bowel syndrome (SBS) resulting from congenital or acquired intestinal lesions. From the first lengthening procedure introduced by Bianchi, the last three decades have seen lengthening procedures established as fundamental components of multidisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation programs. Debate on indications and timing of the procedures is still open leaving SBS surgical treatment a great challenge. However, enteral autonomy is possible only with an individualized approach remembering that each SBS patient is unique. Current literature on autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction technique was reviewed aiming to assess a comprehensive pathway in SBS non-transplant management.
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- Riccardo Coletta
- Paediatric Autologous Bowel Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Manchester Children׳s Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Paediatric Autologous Bowel Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Manchester Children׳s Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Paediatric Autologous Bowel Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Unit, Royal Manchester Children׳s Hospital, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9WL, UK; School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review will provide the practitioner with an understanding of the spectrum of nontransplant surgical options for managing patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). RECENT FINDINGS Intestinal lengthening procedures are a promising therapy to allow autonomy from parenteral nutrition. The recently described serial transverse enteroplasty is an effective procedure that is easier to perform and has similar outcomes to the more standard longitudinal lengthening procedure described by Bianchi. SUMMARY There are several surgical options for management of the SBS, including construction of intestinal valves or reversed intestinal segments, interposition of segments of colon, or intestinal lengthening procedures. The choice of technique is dictated by the patient's underlying pathophysiology and includes such factors as intestinal transit time, length of remnant bowel, presence of intact colon, and degree of small bowel dilation. Nontransplant surgical interventions are important adjuncts to the elimination of parenteral nutrition dependence and need for intestinal transplantation.
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Rege AS, Sudan DL. Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction: review of the optimal nontransplant surgical options for adults and children with short bowel syndrome. Nutr Clin Pract 2012; 28:65-74. [PMID: 23087264 DOI: 10.1177/0884533612460405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Short bowel syndrome (SBS) results in loss of absorptive capacity of the development of gut, leading to malabsorption due to protein, energy, fluid, and electrolyte loss and imbalance while on enteral diet alone. Various nonsurgical and surgical therapeutic options that have emerged improve the survival outcome following SBS in both children and adults. An individualized, complex multidisciplinary approach to medical and surgical intestinal rehabilitation is needed to provide an opportunity for enteral autonomy to be possible in a patient with SBS. The remnant bowel plays a very pivotal role in autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction (AGIR) surgery. Intestinal transplantation, although promising and potentially life-saving for SBS, should be reserved for patients with failed AGIR or those who have no prospect for autologous enteral autonomy. This article reviews the evolution of nontransplant surgical management of patients with SBS.
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Thompson JS, Rochling FA, Weseman RA, Mercer DF. Current management of short bowel syndrome. Curr Probl Surg 2012; 49:52-115. [PMID: 22244264 DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Jon S Thompson
- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Current practice and future perspectives in the treatment of short bowel syndrome in children—a systematic review. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2011; 397:1043-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0874-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Effect of Dietary Fiber and Growth Hormone on Colonic Adaptation in Short Bowel Syndrome Treated by Enteral Nutrition. World J Surg 2008; 32:1832-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9611-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Heaton T, Mallon D, Venaille T, Holt P. Staphylococcal enterotoxin induced IL-5 stimulation as a cofactor in the pathogenesis of atopic disease: the hygiene hypothesis in reverse? Allergy 2003; 58:252-6. [PMID: 12653801 DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) colonization on the skin of patients with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome (AEDS) is approximately 90% and a variety of evidence implicates epidermal staphylococcal infection as a pathogenic factor in atopic dermatitis. However, the mechanism(s) underlying the effects of this organism in the disease process are unclear. The cellular responses of AEDS suffers and asymptomatic atopic individuals to bacterial superantigens (SAg) were investigated in an attempt to elucidate the role of staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) in atopic disease. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated from normal nonatopic adults, asymptomatic atopic individuals, patients with active AEDS and patients with active allergic asthma. The cells were cultured for 24 or 96 h with house dust mite (HDM), SEB and phytohaemagluttinin (PHA), and the supernatants were assayed for cytokine levels. RESULTS Staphylococcal enterotoxin B selectively stimulates the production of interleukin (IL)-5 in AEDS sufferers but not in asymptomatic atopics or nonatopics. Additionally, we observed comparable susceptibility to the IL-5-stimulatory effects of SEB in allergic asthmatics. CONCLUSIONS Given the central role of IL-5-driven eosinophilia in progression from mild atopy to severe disease, these findings provide a plausible mechanism for the AEDS-promoting effects of staphylococcal SAg. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B may also have a similar role in atopic respiratory disease.
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- T Heaton
- Institute for Child Health Research, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Short bowel syndrome (SBS) comprises the sequelae of nutrient, fluid, and weight loss that occurs subsequent to greatly reduced functional surface area of the small intestine. Signs and symptoms of SBS include electrolyte disturbances; deficiencies of calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, vitamin B12, or fat-soluble vitamin deficiency; malabsorption of carbohydrates, lactose, and protein; metabolic acidosis, gastric acid hypersecretion; formation of cholesterol biliary calculi and renal oxalate calculi; and dehydration, steatorrhea, diarrhea, and weight loss. Thorough nutritional management is the key factor in achieving an optimal outcome in SBS. Total parenteral nutrition is necessary in the early stages, as is replacement of excess fluid and electrolyte losses. Nutritional management of SBS has traditionally been divided into three phases: an acute phase when total parenteral nutrition is usually begun, an adaptation phase, and a maintenance phase. Recommendations regarding the need for parenteral nutrition vary depending on the presence or absence of certain factors: the ileocecal valve, jejunum, and functional colon. Patients with residual small bowel length of 100 cm or less usually require the administration of parenteral nutrition at home with good results. The total parenteral nutrition diet should consist of a majority of calories from fat, followed by protein, and the remaining as carbohydrates. Vitamins, minerals, and trace elements should also be added accordingly. Although total parenteral nutrition is initially necessary, treatment goals should focus on early transition to enteral nutrition followed by oral feeds. Other recent advances in the medical management of SBS include pharmacologic treatment and the use of specific nutrients and growth factors to stimulate intestinal absorption and adaptation. Both animal studies and clinical trials in humans have shown much promise in supplementation with growth factors and hormones. This strategy is likely to play a greater role in the treatment of SBS in the future.
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- Aparna Sundaram
- Department of Internal Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Evaston, Illinois, USA
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