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Article: Recent studies from University of Rene Descartes add new data to transplantation in children.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- February 12, 2009
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Data detailed in 'Is intestinal transplantation the future of children with definitive intestinal insufficiency' have been presented. According to recent research from Paris, France, "Intestinal transplantation (IT) is the newest and most difficult of organ transplantations. The first ever (1987) and the longest surviving (1989) IT were performed in our institution."
"However, IT still has to demonstrate its benefit to children on long-term parenteral nutrition (PN). We tried to clarify this aspect by looking back at our 13 years' experience. From 1994 to December 2007, 74 IT were performed in 69 children, 39 with an isolated small bowel (IT), 35 combined with a ...