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J Minim Access Surg. 2017 Jul-Sep;13(3):222-224. doi: 10.4103/0972-9941.199211.

Laparoscopic total colectomy for ulcerative colitis after liver transplantation is feasible.

Journal of minimal access surgery

Benjamin Darnis, Gilles Poncet, Maud Robert

Affiliations

  1. Department of Digestive Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Croix-Rousse University Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon; Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Universite de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, Lyon, France.
  2. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Université de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex; Department of Digestive Surgery, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.

PMID: 28607292 PMCID: PMC5485814 DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.199211

Abstract

Ulcero-haemorrhagic rectocolitis can occur after liver transplantation for sclerosing cholangitis. Total colectomy with or without proctectomy may be indicated in case of chronic drug-resistant colitis, dysplasia or cancer. Today, laparoscopic approach is the standard for such procedure in non-operated patients. We performed a completely laparoscopic total colectomy 5 years after a liver transplantation. There were a few peritoneal adherences, and we could safely perform the procedure almost as usual. It provided all the advantages of the laparoscopic approach in the post-operative course.

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