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Fewer Surgeries with Crohn’s Disease

October 12, 2019 9:00 am

Briefly noted: NE Burr et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019; 17: 2042-49.

In a retrospective cohort (1994-2013) using a primary care database from England, the authors identified decreasing risk of surgeries with Crohn’s diseae (CD).

From 1994-2003, the risk of first surgery dropped from 44% to 21%.
The risk of a second resection dropped as well, from 40% in 1994 to 17% in 2003 (with 10-year followup)

The reasons for this reduction are not certain but could include better clinical care or reduction in other risk factors (like smoking).