Short Bowel Syndrome
Short bowel syndrome is a malabsorption disorder caused by the surgical removal of the small intestine. Occassionally it can be caused by the complete dysfunction of a large segment of the bodies bowel.
Although some children are born with a congenital short bowel, most cases of SBS are acquired in life and it usually does not occur unless someone has lost two thirds or more of their small intestine.
For more medical information on SBS including signs and symptoms, causes, pathophysiology, treatments and prognosis please check out this page: Wikipedia
