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[Long-term results after surgical therapy of Crohn's disease]. 2002

H Lauschke, and M Kaminski, and C Wiedwald, and R Tolba, and A Hirner

Klinik und Poliklinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax- und Gefässchirurgie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany. lauschke@chir.uni-bonn.de

We performed a retrospective analysis in patients after operative therapy of Crohn's disease in our institution. METHODS 81 patients that underwent surgery from 1990-1995 were analysed retrospectively. The follow up period in these patients was 42 months. RESULTS In 81 patients a total of 88 operations were performed. 56 patients were operated for the first time. The average patient's age was 35 years (range 14-76 years). Crohn's disease was located predominantly in the area of the ileocoecal valve. The most frequent operation was the ileocoecal resection. The prevalent operative indication in patients with small intestine Cohn's disease was the obstruction, in small intestine and colon manifestation the fistula. Complications in the early postoperative course appeared in 14 % of the patients. Postoperative mortality was 1.1 %. In a postoperative observation period of 3.5 years 3 of 57 patients (5 %) had to undergo surgery again, due to recurrence. Altogether 25 of 81 (31 %) patients revealed a recurrence. CONCLUSIONS The surgical therapy of Crohn's disease can be performed safely and provides long-term recurrence and complaint free periods.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007412	Intestinal Fistula	An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS).	Cholecystoduodenal Fistula,Colovesical Fistula,Enterocutaneous Fistula,Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal,Fistula, Colovesical,Fistula, Enterocutaneous,Fistula, Intestinal
D007415	Intestinal Obstruction	Any impairment, arrest, or reversal of the normal flow of INTESTINAL CONTENTS toward the ANAL CANAL.	Intestinal Obstructions,Obstruction, Intestinal
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D012008	Recurrence	The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission.	Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D012086	Reoperation	A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery.	Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D003424	Crohn Disease	A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.	Colitis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Granulomatous,Enteritis, Regional,Ileitis, Regional,Ileitis, Terminal,Ileocolitis,Crohn's Disease,Crohn's Enteritis,Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1,Regional Enteritis,Crohns Disease,Granulomatous Colitis,Granulomatous Enteritis,Regional Ileitides,Regional Ileitis,Terminal Ileitis
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup