Journal article
Ten-year experience of strictureplasty for obstructive Crohn's disease.
- Abstract:
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Strictureplasty is controversial in the management of obstructive Crohn's disease. Only a small proportion of patients undergoing surgery for obstructive Crohn's disease are suitable for strictureplasty. Lesions which are most amenable for this procedure are short, fibrous strictures. Over a 10-year period 24 patients have undergone 30 operations at which 86 strictureplasties were performed. The median follow-up has been 40 (range 4-112) months. No leaks or fistulae arose from the stricturepl...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- British journal of surgery
- Volume:
- 76
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 339-341
- Publication date:
- 1989-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2168
- ISSN:
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0007-1323
- Source identifiers:
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135327
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:135327
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- pubs:135327
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- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1989
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