Intestinal Diseases

Intestinal Disease

Not all patients with intestinal failure need intestine transplantat surgery. Other treatments for intestinal failure include intravenous nutrition (TPN) and restoring intestine function through intestinal rehabilitation.

However, intestine transplant surgery may be the treatment of choice for intestinal failure when intestine function cannot be restored, or when TPN no longer works or has led to liver failure or other complications.

Learn more about intestinal failure.

Diseases or conditions that can lead to intestinal failure

• Short bowel syndrome as a result of:
  • Gastroschisis 
  • Intestinal atresia 
  • Necrotizing enterocolitis 
  • Volvulus 
  • Inflammatory disorders
  • Trauma
  • Thrombotic disorders
   
• Motility disorders
  • Hirschsprung’s disease 
  • Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
   
• Absorptive disorders
  • Microvillus inclusion disease
  • Tufting enteropathy