Open AccessPreoperative Characteristics and Postoperative Behavior of Bowel Wall on Risk of Recurrence After Conservative Surgery in Crohn’s Disease
Author(s) -
Giovanni Maconi,
Gianluca Sampietro,
M. Cristaldi,
Piergiorgio Danelli,
Antonio Russo,
G. Bianchi Porro,
A.M. Taschieri
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200103000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , surgery , ultrasound , abdominal wall , conservative treatment , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , radiology
To evaluate in patients with Crohn's disease, using transabdominal ultrasound, the morphologic characteristics of the diseased bowel wall before and after conservative surgery and to assess whether these characteristics and their behavior in the postoperative follow-up are useful and reliable prognostic factors of clinical and surgical recurrence.