Postoperative Crohnʼs Disease
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Vol. 11 (8), 765-777
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mib.0000171273.09757.f2
Abstract
More than three quarters of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) will require surgery. After resection, disease recurs postoperatively with a median time to second resection of about 10 years. Despite its importance, the postoperative period remains one of the most poorly understood clinical settings in the field. Postoperatively, CD may exhibit unique pathophysiologic features, but the current state of knowledge does not allow for identification of patients at risk for relapse, and leaves clinicians without guidance on optimal maintenance treatment. Therapies used as maintenance for CD in other settings may have different efficacies when used after surgery, and clinical research in patients requiring surgery is limited by the subset of patients available for study. Despite the many limitations in current knowledge of postoperative CD, it is an exciting field because new developments have improved patient care, and ongoing research has the potential for further gains.Keywords
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