Novel use of a plastic overtube facilitates intraoperative enteroscopy in Crohn's disease.
Patients with Crohn's disease often need multiple operations. Intraoperative endoscopy may obviate the need for repeated operations. A novel use of a plastic overtube was applied to facilitate intraoperative endoscopy. The overtube was an inexpensive way to prevent contamination; it was applied easily and was found to be very helpful. Use of the overtube is suggested for all such endoscopically-assisted operations.
Rambam Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. Ramila@netvision.net.il
Jesse
J
Lachter
Michael M
MM
Krausz
D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation