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Alternatives to Pediatric Intestine Transplant
Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE)
The multidisciplinary team at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC’s Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center (ICARE) involves both medical and surgical consultations in every evaluation in order to determine the best approach for each child.
Intestinal transplantation provides a well-understood benefit for many types of disease, but there is also a well-known set of risks associated with transplantation. Sometimes, doctors are able to provide benefits similar to intestine transplantation with an alternative procedure that carries less risk to the child. Our intestine specialists use their years of expertise to create a therapeutic treatment plan for each individual child to provide the greatest benefit with the least risk.
Intestine Conditions We Treat
The Intestinal Care and Rehabilitation Center at Children's treats a wide array of intestinal diseases with advanced therapeutic treatment plans such as portosystemic shunt surgery for refractory variceal hemorrhage. Below are the most common conditions we treat:
- autoimmune enteritis
- congenital disorders
- desmoid tumor
- gastroschisis
- Hirschsprung's disease
- intestinal atresia
- intestinal malrotation and volvulus
- malabsorption diseases and disorders
- midgut volvulus
- motility disorders
- necrotizing enterocolitis
- pseudo-obstruction
- short bowel syndrome
- TPN-induced liver disease
Children’s is one of the first and among the nation’s largest multidisciplinary centers dedicated to pediatric intestinal care and rehabilitation for patients with complicated intestinal disorders. ICARE offers the most innovative and comprehensive approaches to the diagnosis, treatment, and management of pediatric intestinal disorders and complex or chronic digestive conditions.
Our program offers:
- an independent multidisciplinary service (including gastroenterology, clinical nutrition, pediatric surgery, and transplant surgery) covering inpatient, outpatient, consultation, and endoscopy services dedicated to the care of patients with intestinal disorders
- a registry starting in 1996 approaching 500 patients
- staff with more than 85 years of physician and advanced practice nursing experience
- ongoing research to develop innovative approaches that will improve patient care and quality of life
Our multidisciplinary team includes gastroenterologists, clinical nutritionists, pediatric surgeons, and transplant surgeons covering a breadth of services, including inpatient, outpatient, consultation, and endoscopy services.
Last Update
January 11, 2011
January 11, 2011
