title: Minimally invasive surgery for paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: Personal experience and literature review.
abstract: The incidence of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) has dramatically increased in the last 20 years. Although first reported in mid 1970s', diagnostic laparoscopy has started to be routinely adopted in paediatric surgical practice since late 1990s'. Minimally invasive surgery was first limited to diagnostic purposes. After 2002 it was also applied to the radical treatment of PIBD, either Crohn's disease (CD) or Ulcerative colitis. During the last decade minimally invasive approaches to PIBD have gained popularity and have recently became the "gold standard" for the treatment of such invalidating and troublesome chronic diseases. The authors describe and track the historical evolution of minimally invasive surgery for PIBD and address all available opportunities, including most recent advancements such as robotic surgery, single port approaches and minimally invasive treatment of perianal fistulising CD. A systematic review of all series of PIBD treated with minimally invasive approaches published so far is provided in order to determine the incidence and type of patients' complications reported up to present days. The authors also describe their experience with minimally invasive surgery for PIBD and will report the results of 104 laparoscopic procedures performed in a series of 61 patients between January 2006 and December 2014.
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pini-Prato
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Faticato
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Arrigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barabino
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arrigo
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gandullia
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Cinzia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mazzola
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Disma
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Montobbio
authors.affiliation: Alessio Pini-Prato, Maria Grazia Faticato, Arrigo Barabino, Serena Arrigo, Paolo Gandullia, Cinzia Mazzola, Nicola Disma, Giovanni Montobbio, Girolamo Mattioli, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Girolamo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mattioli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Complications; Crohn’s disease; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive approach; Paediatric inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis