[Laparoscopic resection of ileo-cecal tuberculosis].

J Chir (Paris)

Service de Chirurgie Viscérale et Vasculaire, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin, St-Mandé.

Published: October 1997

Rarely seen in industrialised countries, ileo-caecal tuberculosis does not require surgery unless complications or diagnosis uncertainly occur. When laparotomy is contre indicated in presence of chronical respiratory disease, laparo-assisted ileo-caecal resection is an interesting alternative to classical surgery as it has less effect on ventilation. This laparo-assisted ileo-caecal resection appears to the first reported in presence of intestinal tuberculosis.

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