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4 . 2024

Wide resection of the mesentery with the imposition of an anastomosis separated from it as the operation of choice in Crohn’s disease

Abstract

Taking into account the statistics, in the treatment of Crohn’s disease of the small intestine and ileocecal zone, it can be argued that most patients will be operated at least once in their life and postoperative relapse of the disease is almost inevitable. The search for new approaches to surgical treatment of Crohn’s disease of the small intestine is aimed at reducing the frequency of postoperative relapses. In this paper, we present our own results of surgical treatment of this pathology.

Material and methods. A retrospective analysis of cases of inpatient treatment and subsequent outpatient observation of patients with Crohn’s disease was carried out at the proctology department of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the Republic of Bashkortostan City Clinical Hospital No. 21 in Ufa for the period from 2015 to 2023. A total of 23 patients were operated on. In 22 (96%) patients, there was a lesion of the ileocecal region, in 1 patient there was an isolated lesion of the jejunum. Prestenotic dilation of the small intestine was detected in 11 (47.8%) patients. 3 (13%) patients underwent emergency surgery due to peritonitis, 12 (52.2%) patients were operated on for urgent indications due to acute obstructive intestinal obstruction, 8 (34.8%) due to hormone dependence and hormone resistance. The work provides a comparative analysis of the results of surgical treatment of patients with traditional resection of the ileocecal zone with anastomosis and patients who underwent resection of the ileocecal zone with extended excision of the mesentery with anastomosis disconnected from the mesentery.

Results. In the group of traditional bowel resection with anastomosis, endoscopic recurrence of Crohn’s disease is noted in 68.8%, and in the group of bowel resection with wide excision of the mesentery and imposition of anastomosis disconnected from the mesentery in 20% of patients. According to computed enterography data, in the postoperative period in the group of traditional bowel resection with anastomosis, signs of stricturing were noted in 9 cases, which is 56.3%. In the group of bowel resection with wide excision of the mesentery and imposition of anastomosis disconnected from the mesentery, CT signs of recurrence of the disease were not noted.

Conclusion. Bowel resection with extended resection of the mesentery and imposition of anastomosis disconnected from the mesentery is statistically significantly accompanied by a smaller number of anastomotic strictures in the postoperative period (p=0.03).

Keywords: Crohn’s disease; postoperative recurrence; mesentery

Funding. The study had no sponsor support.

Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Timerbulatov M.V., Grishina Е.Е., Lopatin D.V., Aitova L.R. Wide resection of the mesentery with the imposition of an anastomosis separated from it as the operation of choice in Crohn’s disease. Clinical and Experimental Surgery. Petrovsky Journal. 2024; 12 (4): 120–7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33029/2308-1198-2024-12-4-120-127 (in Russian)

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