Edouard Lacotte, Louis Boujonnier, Christine Martinez-Vinson, Jérôme Viala, Delphine Ley, Stéphanie Coopman, Héloïse Lerisson, Alain Dabadie, Clémentine Dumant-Forrest, Bénédicte Pigneur, Frank Ruemmele, Raphael Enaud, Aurélie Comte, Julie Rebeuh, Valérie Bertrand, Nicolas Caron, Anne Breton, Rémi Duclaux-Loras, Ioana Vasies, Claire Dupont-Lucas
OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have shown rates of surgical resection of up to 41% in stricturing pediatric Crohn's disease. In this retrospective multicenter study, our aims were to identify clinical risk factors and magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) features of small bowel strictures associated with surgery. METHODS: Pediatric patients with symptomatic stricturing small bowel CD (defined as obstructive symptoms or proximal dilatation on MRE) confirmed by MRE between 2010 and 2020 were recruited from 12 French tertiary hospitals...
April 23, 2024: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition