[Intraoperative imaging of the small intestine for the endoscopic removal of small intestine polyps in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome].

The hamartomas in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome lead to various complications that are frequently followed by small-bowel resections and the development of a short-bowel syndrome. In order to prevent such complications an intraoperative endoscopic exploration of the entire small bowel with multiple polypectomies of hamartomas was carried out. Although a further growth of presently unrecognisable hamartomas is possible, such a procedure permits total polypectomy in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, and complications are thus put off to a later time.