Open AccessImaging Features Associated With Failure of Nonoperative Management of Intraabdominal Abscesses in Crohn Disease
Author(s) -
Daniel P. Perl,
Akbar K. Waljee,
Shrinivas Bishu,
Peter Higgins,
Ashish P. Wasnik,
Ryan W. Stidham
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
inflammatory bowel diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.932
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1536-4844
pISSN - 1078-0998
DOI - 10.1093/ibd/izz069
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , disease , crohn disease , abscess , inflammatory bowel disease , intensive care medicine , radiology , surgery
Intraabdominal abscess management decisions in the treatment of Crohn disease (CD) can be challenging. Our aim was to determine the effect of clinical, medication use, and imaging disease characteristics on the need for future surgical management.