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Although a complete remission of Crohn’s disease can be induced by conservative therapy, surgical treatment is often required for patients with intestinal stenosis or fistulas, for whom minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery appears to be most appropriate. We herein report on a 26-year-old patient with Crohn’s disease, who presented with an ileorectal fistula and severe stenosis of the terminal ileum and thus underwent laparoscopic surgery. The ileorectal fistula was divided intracorporeally using an autostapling device. The return to full activity after laparoscopic surgery is earlier than after open surgery, and the former approach is often beneficial for some patients with Crohn’s disease. This is the first report of laparoscopic surgery for Crohn’s disease associated with ileorectal fistula.
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Watanabe, M., Ohgami, M., Teramoto, T. et al. Laparoscopic ileocecal resection for Crohn’s disease associated with intestinal stenosis and ileorectal fistula. Surg Today 29, 446–448 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483038
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483038