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Graft surveillance in small bowel transplantation

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 9, page 618 (2012)Cite this article

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A study published in Transplantation has confirmed that biopsies should be performed as part of graft surveillance in patients who undergo small bowel transplantation.

An important advantage of small bowel graft surveillance is that rejection can actually be visualized by endoscopy. Stephen O'Keefe and colleagues conducted a study to investigate the accuracy of endoscopic visualization versus biopsy in the detection of acute cellular rejection of small bowel grafts. Endoscopies and biopsies were performed in 66 asymptomatic and 71 symptomatic small bowel transplant recipients from a single centre.

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  1. O'Keefe, S. J. et al. Endoscopic evaluation of small intestine transplant grafts. Transplantation doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e31825f4410

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  1. Isobel Franks
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Franks, I. Graft surveillance in small bowel transplantation. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 618 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.192

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