Takayuki Yamamoto, Antonino Spinelli, Yasuo Suzuki, Rogerio Saad-Hossne, Fabio Vieira Teixeira, Idblan Carvalho de Albuquerque, Rodolff Nunes da Silva, Ivan Folchini de Barcelos, Ken Takeuchi, Akihiro Yamada, Takahiro Shimoyama, Lorete Maria da Silva Kotze, Matteo Sacchi, Silvio Danese, Paulo Gustavo Kotze
BACKGROUND: Author note: TY, AS, YS, FVT and PGK designed the study. All authors did data collection and gave scientific contribution to the study design and discussion. TY, AS and PGK drafted the article. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.In the era of biologic agents, risk factors for complications following resection for Crohn's disease have not been fully identified. In particular, the association of preoperative use of immunosuppressive and biologic agents with the incidence of complications after resection remains to be elucidated...
December 2016: United European Gastroenterology Journal