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. 2004 Nov;18(11):1675-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00464-004-8802-4. Epub 2004 Oct 11.

Advantages of laparoscope-assisted surgery for recurrent Crohn's disease

F Uchikoshi  1 , T Ito, R Nezu, M Tanemura, Y Kai, T Mizushima, K Nakajima, H Tamagawa, C Matsuda, H Matsuda
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Advantages of laparoscope-assisted surgery for recurrent Crohn's disease

F Uchikoshi et al. Surg Endosc. 2004 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Laparoscopic surgery has been applied to patients with primary Crohn's disease, and its beneficial outcomes have been already investigated. However, there is no systematic study of laparoscopic surgery for patients with recurrent diseases.

Methods: We performed reoperation for 43 patients with recurrent Crohn's disease, including 23 patients who underwent laparoscope-assisted surgery.

Results: For all the patients, laparoscope-assisted surgery could be performed safely, even if the patients had been treated previously by open surgery or had undergone multiple abdominal procedures. Conversion to open or hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery was necessary for 16 patients (69.6%) because of dense adhesions (11 cases) or bulky tumor (5 cases). Importantly, even if the procedure was converted, the skin incision was significantly shorter than with open surgery, and postoperative recovery was faster, especially for the patients who underwent conversion to hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

Conclusions: Laparoscope-assisted surgery is feasible and advantageous in reoperation for patients with recurrent Crohn's disease.

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