immunology allergic disorders
Small Bowel Transplantation
Procedure
Procurement from a brain-dead, beating-heart donor is complex, partly because the small bowel can be transplanted alone, with a liver, or with a stomach, liver, duodenum, and pancreas. The role of living-related donation for partial small-bowel allografts has yet to be defined. Procedures vary by medical center; Posttransplantation Immunosuppression regimens also vary, but a typical regimen includes antilymphocyte globulin for induction, followed by high-dose 