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Pathogenesis of postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.
Gut - 1 Apr 2011
Ahmed Tasneem, Rieder Florian, Fiocchi Claudio, Achkar Jean-Paul
Abstract excerpt
The majority of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) require surgery during the course of their disease, but such surgery is typically not curative. Although some studies suggest that the disease state is theoretically reset to its earliest phase following surgery, disease phenotype and natural history of CD do not change significantly after surgery, leading to high rates of recurrence. Factors predisposing to this...
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