Copyright
©The Author(s) 2022. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2022; 10(31): 11273-11282
Published online Nov 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i31.11273
Published online Nov 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i31.11273
Concise review on short bowel syndrome: Etiology, pathophysiology, and management
Saraswathi Lakkasani, Theodore Jr Dacosta, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Affiliation with New York Medical College, Newark, NJ 07102, United States
Deeksha Seth, Gastroenterology, Chandan Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Lucknow 226001, India
Imran Khokhar, Medicine, Suburban Medical Center, Norristown, PA 19401, United States
Masara Touza, Medicine, Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Affiliation with New York Medical College, Newark, NJ 07102, United States
Author contributions: Lakkasani S contributed to the literature search, manuscript writing, editing, and review; Seth D contributed to the manuscript writing and editing; Khokhar I contributed to the manuscript writing; Touza M contributed to the manuscript writing and editing; Dacosta T contributed to reviewing the article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Saraswathi Lakkasani, MD, Academic Fellow, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Michael's Medical Center in Affiliation with New York Medical College, 111 Central Ave, Newark, NJ 07102, United States. dr.saraswathi.l@gmail.com
Received: July 5, 2022
Peer-review started: July 5, 2022
First decision: July 31, 2022
Revised: August 12, 2022
Accepted: September 20, 2022
Article in press: September 20, 2022
Published online: November 6, 2022
Processing time: 113 Days and 7.7 Hours
Peer-review started: July 5, 2022
First decision: July 31, 2022
Revised: August 12, 2022
Accepted: September 20, 2022
Article in press: September 20, 2022
Published online: November 6, 2022
Processing time: 113 Days and 7.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This is a very informative review about the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of short bowel syndrome (SBS) with newer treatment options based on extensive literature review and expert opinion. The review details significant stages in short bowel syndrome, especially the process of intestinal adaptation. This paper provides detailed information regarding the preferred nutritional management of patients with different types of SBS during different stages of the disease.