Laparoscopic total colectomy for ulcerative colitis after liver transplantation is feasible

Ulcero-haemorrhagic rectocolitis can occur after liver transplantation for sclerosing cholangitis. Total colectomy with or without proctectomy may be indicated in case of chronic drug-resistant colitis, dysplasia or cancer. Today, laparoscopic approach is the standard for such procedure in non-opera...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Darnis, Gilles Poncet, Maud Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2017;volume=13;issue=3;spage=222;epage=224;aulast=Darnis