Surgical treatment for relapsing Crohn's disease

According to the National American Crohn's Study about 80–90% of patients with Crohn's disease are likely to be operated on during a 20 year disease period. Since Crohn's disease has ability to relapse therefore it needs several times further surgical interventions. The aim of the present study was to analyze our surgical treatment for recidivist Crohn's disease and to compare it to international literature data. Patients and methods: Between 1993 and 2004 88 patients underwent surgery for Crohn's disease. 54 patients had no previous surgical interventions. However 34 patients underwent repeated surgical treatme…