title: Stapled fistulectomy to treat enteroenteric fistulas in Crohn's disease.
abstract: We report herein our technique of performing stapled fistulectomy as minimum surgery for the resection of nine entero-enteric fistulas in six patients with Crohn's disease. The surgical outcome was successful in all patients. It would seem that fistulous sites without a severe affected lesion are a favorable indication for this procedure and we recommend this simplified fistulectomy for selected conditions in Crohn's disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D016896:Treatment Outcome