Who Needs a Transplant?

Patients who are referred to the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program may include:

• Desmoid tumor, a benign growth of tissue that can develop in the abdomen
• Fistulae or an abnormal duct that connects an abscess, cavity or hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ
• Inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease where chronic inflammation occurs in the intestines
• Multiple intestinal surgeries resulting in adhesions and problems with motility that may lead to abnormal intestinal contractions and spasms
• Pseudoobstruction that impairs gastrointestinal motility despite the absence of an actual obstruction
• Radiation enteritis, a disorder of the large and small bowel that occurs during or after a course of radiation therapy to the abdomen, pelvis or rectum
• Refractory celiac disease, also known as sprue or a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food
• Superior mesenteric artery/vein thrombosis
• Trauma
• Tumor resection
• Volvulus or an abnormal rotation of the intestine