Impact of myopenia and myosteatosis on postoperative outcome and recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Christian Hans Wolfgang SchineisDavid KaufmannKatharina BoubarisHendrik SeeligerBenjamin WeixlerAndrea StrouxCarsten KamphuesGeorgios Antonios MargonisMartin E KreisKatharina BeyerClaudia SeifarthJohannes C Lauscher

Published in: International journal of colorectal disease (2022)

Based on the largest cohort of its kind with a long follow-up time, we could provide some data that MRI parameters for myopenia and myosteatosis may not be reliable predictors of postoperative outcome or recurrence in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing ileocecal resection.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
magnetic resonance imaging
free survival
electronic health record
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging