PMID- 38438752 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240306 LR - 20240306 IS - 1437-9813 (Electronic) IS - 0179-0358 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Mar 5 TI - Kono-S anastomosis in Crohn's disease: initial experience in pediatric patients. PG - 67 LID - 10.1007/s00383-024-05648-6 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Children diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD) often undergo ileocecal resection (ICR) during childhood. Anastomotic recurrence is a frequent finding following this procedure. Data addressing the effect of the anastomosis type on disease recurrence are scarce in the pediatric population. The Kono-S anastomosis has shown promise in reducing endoscopic, clinical, and surgical recurrence rates in adults. We aimed to report our experience with Kono-S anastomosis in children, focusing on its feasibility and postoperative complications. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed pediatric CD patients who underwent ICR with Kono-S anastomosis between August 2022 and May 2023. Data on demographics, clinical characteristics, surgery, hospitalization, and follow-up including colonoscopy were collected. Complications were classified using the Clavien-Dindo classification. RESULTS: Twelve patients (7 females, 58.3%) were included. Six (50%) of the patients had the B3 luminal form of the disease (according to Paris classification). Median surgery duration was 174 (interquartile range [IQR] 161-216) minutes. Anastomosis creation took a median of 62 (IQR, 54.5-71) minutes. Median hospitalization length was 6 (IQR 4-7) days. No short- or mid-term complications were observed. Median follow-up duration was 9.5 (IQR 6.8-12) months. CONCLUSION: According to our results, Kono-S anastomosis is safe and feasible in pediatric CD patients, with no observed postoperative complications. These findings support the potential benefit of using Kono-S anastomosis as a treatment approach in children with CD. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Dotlacil, Vojtech AU - Dotlacil V AD - Department of Paediatric Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Charles University, V Uvalu 84, 150 06, Praha 5, Czech Republic. vojtech.dotlacil@fnmotol.cz. FAU - Lerchova, Tereza AU - Lerchova T AD - Department of Paediatrics, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Lengalova, Marketa AU - Lengalova M AD - Department of Surgery, NH Hospital a.s., Horovice, Czech Republic. FAU - Kucerova, Barbora AU - Kucerova B AD - Department of Paediatric Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Charles University, V Uvalu 84, 150 06, Praha 5, Czech Republic. FAU - Schwarz, Jan AU - Schwarz J AD - Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic. FAU - Hradsky, Ondrej AU - Hradsky O AD - Department of Paediatrics, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Rygl, Michal AU - Rygl M AD - Department of Paediatric Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Charles University, V Uvalu 84, 150 06, Praha 5, Czech Republic. FAU - Skaba, Richard AU - Skaba R AD - Department of Paediatric Surgery, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Charles University, V Uvalu 84, 150 06, Praha 5, Czech Republic. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240305 PL - Germany TA - Pediatr Surg Int JT - Pediatric surgery international JID - 8609169 RN - Pediatric Crohn's disease SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Child MH - *Crohn Disease/surgery MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Anastomosis, Surgical MH - Postoperative Complications/epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Crohn's disease OT - Endoscopy OT - Kono-S OT - Pediatric surgery OT - Postoperative complication EDAT- 2024/03/05 00:45 MHDA- 2024/03/06 06:43 CRDT- 2024/03/04 23:37 PHST- 2024/01/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/06 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/05 00:45 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/04 23:37 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00383-024-05648-6 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00383-024-05648-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Pediatr Surg Int. 2024 Mar 5;40(1):67. doi: 10.1007/s00383-024-05648-6.