Expertise in Nutritional Guidance, Medical / Surgical Intervention, Liver Transplants and Intestinal Transplantation
Patients with complex intestinal disorders and specialized needs can now be treated at a single center. The Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center combines long-standing expertise in nutritional guidance, medical and surgical intervention, liver transplantation, and more recent advances in intestinal transplantation to optimize the care of children with intestinal failure.
The Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center's small bowel transplant program at Cincinnati Children's is the first program in Ohio and the nine-state Midwest region designated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Nowhere else in the Midwest offers such an extensive range of services in a single setting.
The Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center at Cincinnati Children's provdes successful non-surgical and surgical management of pediatric intestinal conditions, offering treatment in many areas.
| Care and Treatment for Complex Intestinal Disorders |
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- Combined liver and small bowel transplantation
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- Congenital diarrheal disorders
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| - Small bowel transplantation
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| - TPN-induced liver disease
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- Malabsorption diseases and disorders
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Advances in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation
Cincinnati Children's offers the most advanced treatment options for children with inadequate intestinal function or length. The innovative small bowel transplant program builds on years of pediatric transplantation experience.
The Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center is led by pediatric gastroenterologist Samuel Kocoshis, MD, and surgeons Maria Alonso, MD, and Frederick Ryckman, MD. Together, they have performed more than 300 liver transplants at Cincinnati Children's since 1986, as well as over 10 small intestinal or small intestinal / liver combined transplants. This includes unique transplants, such as segmental, whole, in situ, split and living related-donor transplants.
In 2003, the Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center performed its first combined liver and intestinal transplant. Since that time, many patients have benefited from receiving either a combined liver and intestinal or isolated intestinal transplant.
Nutrition and Intestinal Care Center transplant surgeons integrate all aspects of surgical care with ongoing research and education. Survival rates rank very favorably with those of the most mature transplant programs in North America.
