Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic bowel resection is an alternative to open surgery for patients with Crohn's disease requiring surgical resection. The present report describes a seven-year experience with the laparoscopic treatment of Crohn's disease compared with the open technique in a tertiary...

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Main Authors: Jeanine Tabet, Dennis Hong, Cei-Whan Kim, Jason Wong, Robert Goodacre, Mehran Anvari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/814749
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spelling doaj-5ee7a5f6a75047848826f35af916c0242020-11-25T00:26:20ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115423724210.1155/2001/814749Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's DiseaseJeanine Tabet0Dennis Hong1Cei-Whan Kim2Jason Wong3Robert Goodacre4Mehran Anvari5Department of Surgery, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Gastroenterology, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, St Josephs Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: Laparoscopic bowel resection is an alternative to open surgery for patients with Crohn's disease requiring surgical resection. The present report describes a seven-year experience with the laparoscopic treatment of Crohn's disease compared with the open technique in a tertiary Canadian centre.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/814749
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author Jeanine Tabet
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Jason Wong
Robert Goodacre
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spellingShingle Jeanine Tabet
Dennis Hong
Cei-Whan Kim
Jason Wong
Robert Goodacre
Mehran Anvari
Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
author_facet Jeanine Tabet
Dennis Hong
Cei-Whan Kim
Jason Wong
Robert Goodacre
Mehran Anvari
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title Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
title_short Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
title_full Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
title_fullStr Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
title_full_unstemmed Laparoscopic versus Open Bowel Resection for Crohn's Disease
title_sort laparoscopic versus open bowel resection for crohn's disease
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
issn 0835-7900
publishDate 2001-01-01
description BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic bowel resection is an alternative to open surgery for patients with Crohn's disease requiring surgical resection. The present report describes a seven-year experience with the laparoscopic treatment of Crohn's disease compared with the open technique in a tertiary Canadian centre.
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