Recurrence after abdominal surgery for Crohn's disease: relationship to disease site and surgical procedure.

PURPOSE: We investigated the hypothesis that there is an "aggressive" subtype of Crohn's disease characterized by early recurrence and that disease location and surgical procedure are associated with differing patterns of recurrence. METHODS: We analyzed 280 patient records totaling...

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Main Authors: Borley, N, Mortensen, N, Chaudry, M, Mohammed, S, Warren, B, George, B, Clark, T, Jewell, D, Kettlewell, MG
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002