Surgical treatment of Crohn disease

Objective To investigate the surgical indication and surgical procedures for Crohn disease. Methods Clinical data of 47 cases with Crohn disease were retrospectively analyzed. Results The main clinical manifestations were abdominal pain ( 35 cases), diarrhea (16 cases), emaciation and fatigue( 12 cases), abdominal mass (9 cases), intestinal obstruction (31 cases), intestinal adhesion (18 cases), intestinal perforation( 8 cases), intestinal bleeding ( 11 cases) , internal fistula ( 4 cases), abdominal abscess( 4 cases). Preoperative enteroscopy was performed in 23 cases, and 7 cases were diagnosed as Crohn′s disease. Operative procedures included colectomy in 15 cases, small bowel resection and intestinal adhesion lysis in 29 cases, ileostomy in 3 cases. Postoperative complications occurred in 13 cases, including incision dehiscence in 2 cases, intestinal fistula in 5 cases, there were 2 cases of stress ulcer, pulmonary infection in 1 case and short bowel syndrome in 1 case, early postoperative inflammatory bowel obstruction in 2 cases and death in 1 case. 44 patients were followed-up, for an average of 6.8 years. Recurrence of Crohn′s disease was found in 11 cases and canceration in 3 cases. Conclusions Surgery is still the mainstay for Crohn′s disease, and close follow-up is important for disease recurrence and canceration. Key words: Crohn disease; Surgical procedures, operative; Complications