St Mark’s Hospital’s is currently one of only two national centres in the UK for treating patients with intestinal failure
St Mark’s Hospital’s is currently one of only two national centres in the UK for treating patients with intestinal failure. The Bowel regeneration and rehabilitation Centre at St Mark’s is developing pioneering research in the growth of existing and new small bowel.
The Challenge
To improve patient outcome for those with Intestinal Failure.
The Aim
The ambition for the Intestinal Rehabilitation Unit (Intestinal Failure Unit) at St Mark’s is to provide the best multidisciplinary care for patients with Intestinal Failure. There are a number of advances that will help to change the lives of patients with Intestinal Failure. These include; surgical techniques to lengthen the bowel, new medications which stimulate the bowel to grow (growth factors), intestinal transplantation and bowel regeneration (tissue engineering new bowel for patients using their own stem cells).