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Stapled strictureplasty has been performed on 26 occasions in 22 patients. In contrast with sutured strictureplasty, there were no major postoperative complications. The use of staples provides a method of identifying whether recurrence is at the strictureplasty site. Stapled strictureplasty avoids an enterotomy through recurrent disease and may have advantages over conventional sutured strictureplasty.
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Keighley, M.R.B. Stapled strictureplasty for Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum 34, 945–947 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049714
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049714