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SUBMITTER: Bessissow T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5937203 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bessissow Talat T Reinglas Jason J Aruljothy Achuthan A Lakatos Peter L PL Van Assche Gert G
World journal of gastroenterology 20180501 17
Symptomatic intestinal strictures develop in more than one third of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) within 10 years of disease onset. Strictures can be inflammatory, fibrotic or mixed and result in a significant decline in quality of life, frequently requiring surgery for palliation of symptoms. Patients under the age of 40 with perianal disease are more likely to suffer from disabling ileocolonic disease thus may have a greater risk for fibrostenotic strictures. Treatment options for fibrost ...[more]