Surgery for Crohn's disease in the era of biologicals: A reduced need or delayed verdict?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 3828-3832

  van Overstraeten, Anthony de Buck ^a   Wolthuis, Albert ^a   D'Hoore, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor drugs; Biological agents; Crohn's disease; Remission; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROMIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; PLACEBO; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CECUM; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84864838336     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i29.3828     Document Type: Article

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