Does serial transverse enteroplasty enhance intestinal function in a model of short bowel syndrome?
STEP improves weight retention, nutritional status, intestinal absorptive capacity, and serum citrulline levels in a porcine short bowel model. A salutary effect upon bacterial overgrowth was also noted. These data support the use of this operation in short bowel syndrome.
5-FU ointment application to the external ear seems to be safe but its application to the middle ear may pose some risk of ototoxicity.