Abstract

MOLINA, Julio César; DELGADO, María Pamela  and  MOSQUERA, Manuel. Laparoscopic management in Crohn's ileocolitis. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2014, vol.29, n.1, pp.68-72. ISSN 2011-7582.

The laparoscopic approach is an effective tool and increasingly used technique not only in Crohn's disease, but in most gastrointestinal diseases that we face in the day to day practice, demonstrating the known advantages as compared to the open approach, such as lesser pain, reduced hospital stay and shorter recovery time, in addition to the cosmetic benefits. Specifically, in the inflammatory bowel disease there has not been demonstration of any advantage over the open approach, with the different series reporting postoperative complication rates that are similar among the one and the other techniques, and no significant differences in relation to recurrence. These results depend on the experience of the surgeon performing the procedure.

Keywords : Crohn disease; laparoscopy; surgical procedures; minimally invasive.

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