1. The Role of Colon in Isolated Intestinal Transplantation: Description of 4 Cases.
- Author
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Di Cocco P, Bencini G, Martinino A, Petrochenkov E, Akshelyan S, Yoshikawa K, Spaggiari M, Almario-Alvarez J, Tzvetanov I, and Benedetti E
- Subjects
- Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Intestines transplantation, Intestines surgery, Colon transplantation, Colon surgery
- Abstract
Intra-abdominal desmoid tumors are a rare and complex clinical problem. These tumors are locally invasive, and surgical ablation represents the mainstay of treatment. When localized at the root of the mesentery, their resection may require extensive excision of the intestine resulting in intestinal failure and life-long total parenteral nutrition. Intestinal transplantation, either autotransplantation or allotransplantation, has been used as a viable option to treat this group of patients. Herein, we describe a series of 4 patients with unresectable intra-abdominal desmoid tumor who underwent cadaveric isolated intestinal and ascending colon transplantation., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Pierpaolo Di Cocco et al.)
- Published
- 2024
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