Table 3.

Preventive strategies for the short bowel syndrome

Cause	Strategy
Postoperative SBS	prevent adhesions avoid technical errors diagnose intestinal ischemia cautious approach to frozen abdomen
Mesenteric vascular disease	early diagnosis revascularization second-look procedures
Irradiation/cancer	minimize radiation exposure ancillary (e.g. hyperbaric oxygen) appropriate resection
Crohn's disease	improved medical therapy appropriate diagnosis bowel-conserving operations
Trauma	appropriate resuscitation diagnose intestinal ischemia second-look procedures manage open abdomen