Jejunal Crohn's disease is associated with a higher postoperative recurrence rate than ileocaecal Crohn's disease

Objective  Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory, panintestinal disease of uncertain aetiology. The recurrence rate of Crohn's disease, often taken as the time when further surgical procedure is undertaken, has been reported to be as high as 76% in 10 years. The site of the disease has not yet been associated with the recurrence rate of Crohn's disease. The aim of the study was to compare the outcome of patients who were surgically treated for jejunal Crohn's disease to those whose diseases was confined to the ileocaecal region.

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