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An Alternative in the Surgical Treatment of Crohn's Disease

Benjamin W. Pace, MD; Simmy Bank, MD; Leslie Wise, MD

Arch Surg. 1984;119(7):861-862.

Abstract
• A patient with severe, multilevel, partial obstruction of the jejunum and ileum secondary to Crohn's disease successfully underwent strictureplasty of the stenotic areas as described. Intestinal length was fully preserved. Complete healing and patency without fistulization was observed on reexploration seven months later for stenosis of previously unaffected areas (some of which were again successfully treated with strictureplasty). When resection threatens the patient with extensive loss of small-intestine length, strictureplasty appears to be a viable alternative.

(Arch Surg 1984;119:861-862)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery (Drs Pace and Wise) and Internal Medicine (Dr Bank), State University of New York, Stony Brook, and the Department of Surgery (Drs Pace and Wise) and Division of Gastroenterology (Dr Bank), Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, and Queens Hospital Center Affiliation, Jamaica, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Jan 25, 1984.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY 11042 (Dr Wise).

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