Laparoscopic Treatment of Postnecrotizing Enterocolitis Colonic Strictures
2010
Abstract The current report is a multicenter study of a series of infants who developed colonic strictures (CS) as a sequelae of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and who were treated successfully with laparoscopic intestinal resection and primary anastomosis. During 2005–2008, 11 neonates (gestational ages, 32–38 weeks), with a mean birth weight of 1.7 kg (range, 0.96–2.2) and a mean weight at operation of 3.04 kg (range, 1.6–4.4 were approached laparoscopically, following the diagnosis of a post-NEC-CS. The two surgical techniques were: 1) laparoscopic mobilization with extracorporeal resection and anastomosis (LERA) in 4 (36%) and 2) laparoscopic mobilization with intracorporeal resection and anastomosis (LIRA) in 7 (64%) patients. Laparoscopy was effectively performed in all cases without conversion to open surgery. The median operative time was 93 minutes (range, 80–121). The anastomosis was colocolic in all patients, except in 1 case, in which it was colorectal. There were no operative complications. ...
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