STEP improves long-term survival for pediatric short bowel syndrome patients: A Markov decision analysis

Markov decision model of 1,000 pediatric short bowel syndrome patients demonstrates that serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) increases enteral autonomy rates to 53.9% at 10 years, reduces intestinal transplant need by 0.7-1.9%, and improves survival to 85.4% compared to medical management alone.