title: Intestinal haemorrhage after strictureplasty for Crohn's disease.
abstract: Between 1978 and 1995, a total of 52 patients have undergone 241 small intestinal strictureplasties at 76 operations in one surgical unit. The post-operative course was complicated by intestinal haemorrhage in 4 patients. In 3, the bleeding settled with conservative management. The 4th patient required laparotomy on two occasions to control bleeding from duodenal Crohn's disease and the proximal jejunal strictureplasty site, respectively. Strictureplasty is a relatively safe operation, but has a low incidence of potentially life-threatening post-operative haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Colorectal Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Gardiner
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kettlewell
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Mortensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012086:Reoperation