title: How I do it: Side-to-side isoperistaltic strictureplasty for extensive Crohn's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bowel-sparing surgical techniques, such as the Heineke-Mikulicz and the Finney strictureplasty, have been proposed as an alternative to lengthy intestinal resection in the treatment of small bowel strictures in Crohn's disease. However, these conventional strictureplasty techniques lend themselves poorly to cases of multiple short strictures closely clustered over a lengthy small bowel segment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this article, we present the surgical technique of the side-to-side isoperistaltic strictureplasty, which is optimal in addressing these specific situations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 129, New York, NY 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Léon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maggiori
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michelassi
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D013536:Suture Techniques