Journal article
Postoperative Crohn's disease: prevention and treatment
Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology, Vol.3(3), pp.249-256
Jun 2009
PMID: 19485807
Abstract
Crohn's disease is a chronic, relapsing-remitting inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract that commonly requires surgical treatment. Unfortunately, the majority of patients will ultimately develop postoperative disease recurrence and require subsequent surgery. A number of medications have been researched for the maintenance of postoperative remission. Of these, few have demonstrated consistent efficacy. A recently published randomized, controlled trial indicated that infliximab is effective in the maintenance of postoperative remission.
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- Title
- Postoperative Crohn's disease: prevention and treatment
- Creators
- Sandra El-Hachem - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterMiguel Regueiro - University of Pittsburgh
- Publication Details
- Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology, Vol.3(3), pp.249-256
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-68149096715
- Other Identifier
- 991022054321504721