Two surgical procedures for strictures at Finney strictureplasty for small bowel Crohn's disease

In patients with Crohn's disease, long small bowel strictures are sometimes treated by a Finney strictureplasty. Strictures at an entrance and exit of a previous Finney strictureplasty are associated with severe obstructive symptoms and sometimes blind loop syndrome. Those strictures are difficult to manage. We herein introduce two different surgical procedures: one is a continuous T-shaped strictureplasty and the other is anastomosis between the Finney pouch and the divided small bowel. Both procedures immediately relieved obstructive symptoms and required no major resection of the bowel. After a 2-year follow-up, there has been no recurrence at the previous Finney strictureplasty. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG. Basel.