Although side-to-side isoperistaltic anastomosis is a useful strictureplasty technique when long segments of intestinal stenosis complicate Crohn’s disease, concerns have been raised regarding disease recurrence adjacent to the anastomosis. We performed side-to-side isoperistaltic anastomosis without spatulated intestinal ends as a method of reconstruction after intestinal resection for Crohn’s disease; both intestinal ends were transversely closed like a Heineke-Mikulicz-type strictureplasty. With this procedure, the luminal diameter proximal and distal to the anastomosis became wider than the original diameter of the intestine. This new procedure, which we refer to as the “modified side-to-side isoperistaltic anastomosis with double Heineke-Mikulicz procedure” could become an alternative operation after intestinal resection in persons with Crohn’s disease, although long-term outcome analysis is necessary.
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The authors thank Scott A. Strong, M.D., Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, for his assistance.
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Sasaki, I., Shibata, C., Funayama, Y. et al. New Reconstructive Procedure After Intestinal Resection for Crohn’s Disease: Modified Side-to-Side Isoperistaltic Anastomosis With Double Heineke-Mikulicz Procedure. Dis Colon Rectum 47, 940–943 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-004-0517-z
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