Hamed Nikoupoor
1 
, Ali Mohammad Moradi
1, Peyman Arasteh
1, Alireza Shamsaeefar
1, Mohammad Yasin Karami
1,2* , Hesameddin Eghlimi
1 , Mojtaba Shafiekhani
1,3, Saman Nikeghbalian
11 Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Surgical Oncology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding Author: Mohammad Yasin Karami, MD; Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Zand Ave, Shiraz, Iran. Tel: +98- 9171800710; Fax: +98-7132136001; Email: , Email:
karamiy@sums.ac.ir
Abstract
We have recently established an intestinal rehabilitation unit (IRU) in Abu Ali Sina transplantation center affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Our intestinal failure rehabilitation and transplant program aims to provide state-of-the-art care for adult patients with different degrees of intestinal insufficiency and failure. In the IRU, we aimed to design an algorithmic approach to patients with small bowel ischemia and short bowel syndrome (SBS) based on our institutional experience in our country and based on other pioneering studies from other regions of the world.