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Prognostic factors affecting outcomes in fistulating perianal Crohn's disease: a systematic review.
Techniques in coloproctology - 1 Jul 2017
Braithwaite G C, Lee M J, Hind D, Brown S R
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BACKGROUND: One in three patients with Crohn's disease will develop a perianal fistulae, and one third of these will achieve long-term healing or closure. A barrier to conducting well-designed clinical trials for these patients is a lack of understanding of prognostic factors. This systematic review sets out to identify factors associated with prognosis of perianal Crohn's fistulae. METHODS: This review was...
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