Defining the role of abdominal surgery and its impact on the disease course in patients with Crohn's disease: Unsolved issues and novel insights.

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Avellaneda and colleagues [ [1] Avellaneda N., Coy C.S.R., Fillmann H.S., et al. Earlier surgery is associated to reduced postoperative morbidity in ileocaecal Crohn's disease: results from SURGICROHN - LATAM study. Digestive and Liver Disease: doi:10.1016/j.dld.2022.09.011. Google Scholar ] performed a study in several Latin American hospitals, aiming to assess the outcomes of surgery for abdominal Crohn's disease (CD), comparing patients in whom surgery was performed because of a complication (stricture, fistulae), with those who underwent surgery at an earlier stage of the disease. The authors retrospectively collected data on 337 patients operated on over 8 years in ten inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) specialised, academic, tertiary centres located in four Latin American countries. Earlier surgery is associated to reduced postoperative morbidity in ileocaecal Crohn's disease: Results from SURGICROHN – LATAM studyDigestive and Liver DiseasePreviewEarly surgical resection is an emerging concept for patients with ileocaecal Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to compare postoperative outcomes after ileocaecal resections between patients with luminal and complicated CD. Full-Text PDF Open Access