Our team of physicians and surgeons uses novel approaches to avoid transplant when possible to help these patients maintain growth and nutrition. The serial transverse enteroplasty procedure (STEP) is a surgical technique used to increase bowel length to help absorption in the intestine so it can function more efficiently.

Using the STEP procedure, the surgeons make multiple incisions into a short, dilated segment of intestine to create a thinner segment of intestine. This can help absorption in that part of the intestine and help it to function more efficiently.