SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME

('INTESTINAL FAILURE')

short bowel:

Crohn's disease [45%]

mesenteric vascular disease [13.5%]

volvulus [7%]

impaired function:

radiation [6%]

idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction [5%]

scleroderma [3%]

other:

malignancy, eg. desmoid tumour [5.5%]

pancreatitis [4%]

ulcerative colitis [3.5%]

other miscellaneous causes [7.5%]

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