Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões ()

Montreal classification of patient operated for Crohn's disease and identification of surgical recurrence predictors

  • Cristiane de Souza Bechara,
  • Antonio Lacerda Filho,
  • Maria de Lourdes Abreu Ferrari,
  • Déborah Almeida Roquette Andrade,
  • Magda Maria Profeta da Luz,
  • Rodrigo Gomes da Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-69912015002006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 2
pp. 97 – 104

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OBJECTIVE: to evaluate Crohn's disease recurrence and its possible predictors in patients undergoing surgical treatment. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study with Crohn's disease (CD) patients undergoing surgical treatment between January 1992 and January 2012, and regularly monitored at the Bowel Clinic of the Hospital das Clínicas of the UFMG. RESULTS: we evaluated 125 patients, 50.4% female, with a mean age of 46.12 years, the majority (63.2%) diagnosed between 17 and 40 years of age. The ileum was involved in 58.4%, whereas stenotic behavior was observed in 44.8%, and penetrating, in 45.6%. We observed perianal disease in 26.4% of cases. The follow-up average was 152.40 months. Surgical relapse occurred in 29.6%, with a median time of 68 months from the first operation. CONCLUSION: The ileocolic location, penetrating behavior and perianal involvement (L3B3p) were associated with increased risk of surgical recurrence.

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