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Laparoscopic surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.
American Surgeon 1995 December
In the setting of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), laparoscopic approaches have been avoided because of the often fragile intestinal tissue, thickened mesentery, malnutrition, immunosuppression, and the presence of dense adhesions. In this article, we report 10 successfully managed laparoscopic cases in IBD patients (five with ulcerative colitis, five with Crohn's Disease). Patients with ulcerative colitis underwent total abdominal colectomies, mucosal proctectomies, J-pouch construction, and diverting ileostomies. Procedures in patients with Crohn's disease included ileocecectomy (3), sigmoid colectomy with takedown of a transverse colonic fistula (1), and stricturoplasty (1). One of the 10 cases was converted to an open technique for technical reasons. Six of the 10 patients were on high dose corticosteroids for disease control. Hospital stay ranged from 6-13 days, with a median of 7 days. The morbidity rate was 20 per cent, and included one case of mild postoperative pancreatitis in a Crohn's disease patient and one delayed peri-ileostomy fistula in an ulcerative colitis patient. There was no mortality. Based on these results, we conclude that laparoscopic intestinal surgery is both feasible and safe in selected patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Use of laparoscopic techniques in these patients may reduce hospital stay, lessen adhesion formation, and improve cosmetic results in this generally young group of patients.
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