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Clinical advantages of combined seton placement and infliximab maintenance therapy for perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease: when and how were the seton drains removed?
Hepatogastroenterology
July 2010
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University, School of Medicine Nanakuma 7-45-1, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
Background/aims: Perianal fistulas are often found in patients with Crohn's Disease (CD), however, the complete management of such fistulas tends to be difficult. The aim of this study is to critically evaluate the clinical advantages of combined seton placement and infliximab maintenance therapy for perianal fistulizing CD.
Methodology: Fourteen patients (9 males, 5 females) were evaluated for perianal fistulizing CD with the seton and infliximab therapy.
Clinical outcomes and advantages of laparoscopic surgery for primary Crohn's disease: are they significant?
Hepatogastroenterology
August 2009
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine Nanakuma 7-45-1, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.
Background/aims: The clinical outcomes and advantages of laparoscopic surgery for Crohn's disease have not yet been recognized in general. The aim of this study was to critically assess the clinical outcomes, safety, cosmesis, quality of life (QOL) and feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for primary Crohn's disease.
Methodology: The study subjects consisted of 48 patients who had primary surgical treatment for Crohn's disease, 28 through conventional laparotomy and 20 in whom surgery was laparoscopically assisted.