Current thinking on recurrence: Does anastomotic surgical technique affect recurrence rates in Crohn's patients?

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-540

  Bordeianou, Liliana ^a   Dursun, Abdulmetin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77149152569     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21100     Document Type: Note

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