ILEOCECAL TUBERCULOSIS TREATED BY LAPAROS COPIC RESECTION

Rarely seen in industrialised countries, ileo-caecal tuberculosis does not require surgery unless complications or diagnosis incertainly occ ur. When laparotomy is contre indicated in presence of chronical respi ratory disease, laparo-assisted ileo-caecal resection is art interesti ng alternative to classical surgery as it has less effect on ventilati on. This laparo-assisted ileo-caecal resection appears to the first re ported in presence of intestinal tuberculosis.