Effect of Resection Margins on the Recurrence of Crohn's Disease in the Small Bowel

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Authors

Victor W. Fazio · Cleveland Clinic

Floriano Marchetti · Cleveland Clinic

James M. Church · Cleveland Clinic

John R. Goldblum · Cleveland Clinic

Ian C. Lavery · Cleveland Clinic

Tracy L. Hull · Cleveland Clinic

Jeffrey W. Milsom ·

Abstract

Recurrence of CD is unaffected by the width of the margin of resection from macroscopically involved bowel. Recurrence rates also do not increase when microscopic CD is present at the resection margins. Therefore, extensive resection margins are unnecessary.

Topics & Keywords

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Microscopic Colitis Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 224, Issue 4, pp. 563-573

DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199610000-00014

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