Invasive Therapeutic Strategies for Stricturing Crohn's Disease in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Matheus Ferreira de CarvalhoAlexandre de Sousa CarlosAngelo So Taa KumAlexandre Moraes BestettiIgor Logetto Caetité GomesLuiza Bicudo de OliveiraLuiza Martins BaroniWanderley Marques BernardoEduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de MouraPublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2024)
Surgical resection is the best option for treating strictures in pediatric CD patients in terms of recurrence rate, compared with endoscopic balloon dilation and strictureplasty. Nevertheless, surgical resection is associated with more adverse events.