Erschienen in:
26.05.2016 | SSAT Controversy in GI Surgery Debate
Postoperative Medical Management of Crohn’s Disease: Prevention and Surveillance Strategies
verfasst von:
Miguel Regueiro, Scott A. Strong, Linda Ferrari, Alessandro Fichera
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
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Ausgabe 8/2016
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Excerpt
Crohn’s disease is a chronic, unremitting inflammatory disorder that potentially affects the entire gastrointestinal tract and its recurrent nature has been long recognized. Investigators have accordingly strived to help patients avoid recurrence through efforts to elucidate the disease’s pathogenesis, measure the magnitude of the problem, understand associated risk factors, detect inflammation before it clinically manifests itself, and trial preventive medical therapies. Despite these initiatives, patients undergoing operative management of their disease remain at risk for disease recurrence. …