Short bowel syndrome historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]

Overview

The first successful intestinal resection was performed in 1880. In 1935, Haymond following research on many patients with bowel resection, reported that 30 to 50% loss of bowel was well tolerated. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was introduced during the 1960s, which lead to increased survival following bowel resection.

In 1880, Koeberle performed the first successful intestinal resection.^[1]
In 1935, Haymond reported the association between the size of intestinal resection and survival of the patients. He concluded that patients who had less than 30% bowel loss would develop near normal intestinal function. The upper limit of safety was considered to be less than 50% bowel loss.^[2]^[3]
During the 1960s, Dudrick and Wilmore introduced total parenteral nutrition (TPN) which lead to increased survival following bowel resection.^[4]^[5]

In 1960, total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was developed by Dudrick and Wilmore to manage short bowel syndrome.^[4]^[5]

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↑ DiBaise JK, Young RJ, Vanderhoof JA (2004). “Intestinal rehabilitation and the short bowel syndrome: part 2”. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 99 (9): 1823–32. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40836.x. PMID 15330926.
↑ Keller J, Panter H, Layer P (2004). “Management of the short bowel syndrome after extensive small bowel resection”. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 18 (5): 977–92. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2004.05.002. PMID 15494290.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Misiakos EP, Macheras A, Kapetanakis T, Liakakos T (2007). “Short bowel syndrome: current medical and surgical trends”. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 41 (1): 5–18. doi:10.1097/01.mcg.0000212617.74337.e9. PMID 17198059.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Dudrick, Stanley J.; Palesty, J. Alexander (2011). “Historical Highlights of the Development of Total Parenteral Nutrition”. Surgical Clinics of North America. 91 (3): 693–717. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2011.02.009. ISSN 0039-6109.