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Intestinal haemorrhage after strictureplasty for Crohn's disease
K R Gardiner1, M G Kettlewell, N J Mortensen
1Department of Colorectal Surgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK.
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Between 1978 and 1995, a total of 52 patients have undergone 241 small intestinal strictureplasties at 76 operations in one surgical unit. The post-operative course was complicated by intestinal haemorrhage in 4 patients. In 3, the bleeding settled with conservative management. The 4th patient required laparotomy on two occasions to control bleeding from duodenal Crohn's disease and the proximal jejunal strictureplasty site, respectively. Strictureplasty is a relatively safe operation, but has a low incidence of potentially life-threatening post-operative haemorrhage.