Stapled strictureplasty for Crohn's disease.
Stapled strictureplasty has been performed on 26 occasions in 22 patients. In contrast with sutured strictureplasty, there were no major postoperative complications. The use of staples provides a method of identifying whether recurrence is at the strictureplasty site. Stapled strictureplasty avoids an enterotomy through recurrent disease and may have advantages over conventional sutured strictureplasty.
University Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Keighley
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery*; D013528:Surgical Staplers