Risk of early surgery for Crohn's disease: implications for early treatment strategies.

BE, Sands; JE, Arsenault; MJ, Rosen; M, Alsahli; L, Bailen; P, Banks; S, Bensen; A, Bousvaros; D, Cave; JS, Cooley; HL, Cooper; ST, Edwards; RJ, Farrell; MJ, Griffin; DW, Hay; A, John; S, Lidofsky; LB, Olans; MA, Peppercorn; RI, Rothstein; MA, Roy; MJ, Saletta; SA, Shah; AS, Warner; JL, Wolf; J, Vecchio; HS, Winter; JK, Zawacki

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.08674.x

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Risk of early surgery for Crohn's disease: implications for early treatment strategies.

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Authors:

Sands BE

Arsenault JE

Rosen MJ

Abstract

Objectives In this study we aimed to define the rate of early surgery for Crohn's disease and to identify risk factors associated with early surgery as a basis for subsequent studies of early intervention in Crohn's disease.Methods We assembled a retrospective cohort of patients with Crohn's disease...

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