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Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2025; 38(02): 122-125
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1786515
Review Article

Minimally Invasive Management of Complicated and Re-operative Crohn's Disease

Authors

  • Conor Kinford

    1   Department of Surgery, Ascension St. Joseph's Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

  • Vitaliy Poylin

    2   Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

Minimally invasive techniques for the surgical management of Crohn's disease have become the recommended approach for initial surgical intervention in noncomplicated patients as there is lower morbidity for patients without compromising treatment outcomes. There has been a push to expand minimally invasive approaches to complex and recurrent diseases, trying to benefit these difficult patients. However, until recently there have been little data to support the adoption of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in these scenarios. This article aims to build on the 2019 Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery article on complex Crohn's and MIS by introducing new data in support of these approaches. Decisions for technique should be based on patient characteristics, but minimally invasive techniques have emerged as valid and possibly superior for complex and recurrent disease.

Keywords

complex Crohn's - minimally invasive surgery - recurrent Crohn's - Crohn's disease


Publication History

Article published online:
29 April 2024

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