Treatment for short-bowel syndrome consists primarily of nutritional management aimed at helping the remaining intestines adapt and take on the absorption functions that were lost. The treatment is usually divided into four stages:
Parenteral nutrition
Enteral nutrition
Transition to food
Total adaption
Use the tabs to the left to learn more about each stage, or watch and listen to Dr. Duggan as he explains what families can expect during the course of nutritional management.
Children's Hospital Boston is the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School
