Erschienen in:
02.02.2019 | Editorial and Commentary
The role of the mesentery in reducing recurrence after surgery in Crohn’s disease
verfasst von:
Dakshitha Wickramasinghe, Janindra Warusavitarne
Erschienen in:
Updates in Surgery
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Ausgabe 1/2019
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Excerpt
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a relapsing and remitting disorder with an annual incidence of 3–20 per 100,000. Approximately, half of the patients will have the disease affecting the terminal ileum and a third will have isolated small bowel disease. The probability of requiring surgery for CD is 78% and 90% after 20 and 30 years of disease, respectively [
1]. Post-operative recurrence is an important issue in ileocolic disease, with an estimated re-operation rate of 11–32% at 5 years increasing to 46–55% at 20 years [
2]. Post-operative treatment goals usually centre on minimising disease recurrence. …