A nationwide, multi-center, retrospective study of symptomatic small bowel stricture in patients with Crohn's disease.
Shigeki BambaRyosuke SakemiToshimitsu FujiiTeruyuki TakedaShin FujiokaKento TakenakaHiroki KitamotoShotaro UmezawaHirotake SakurabaToshihiro InokuchiNorimasa FukataShinta MizunoMasaki YamashitaShinichiro ShinzakiHiroki TanakaHidetoshi TakedatsuRyo OzakiKei MoriyaManabu IshiiTetsu KinjoKeiji OzekiMakoto OoiRyohei HayashiKazuki KakimotoYuichi ShimodateKazuya KitamuraAkihiro YamadaAkira SonodaYu NishidaKyouko YoshiokaShinya AshizukaFumiaki TakahashiToshio ShimokawaTaku KobayashiAkira AndohToshifumi HibiPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology (2020)
In CD patients with symptomatic small bowel stricture, addition of immunomodulator or anti-TNF and smoking cessation may improve the outcome of symptomatic small bowel stricture, by avoiding frequent EBD and subsequent surgery after initial EBD.