Leaving behind a diseased small bowel during surgery for Crohn's disease: Long-term outcomes.

Imerio AngrimanSilvia DegasperiClaudia MescoliCarmelo LacognataClaudia ArmellinAntonino CarusoFederico ScognamiglioMatteo FassanRenata D'IncàEdoardo SavarinoFabiana ZingoneGaya SpolveratoSalvatore PucciarelliRomeo BardiniCesare RuffoloMelania Scarpa

Published in: Surgery today (2023)

Our retrospective study showed that even if the diseased bowel was left behind after surgery, the intestinal inflammatory activity still decreased. However, the permanence of the diseased bowel still increased the risk of reoperation, probably because of the fibrotic nature of the stenosis and the multifocality of CD.

Keyphrases

small bowel
minimally invasive
oxidative stress
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
surgical site infection
nk cells