Prospective postsurgical capsule endoscopy in patients with Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients (n = 19)

Characteristics	Statistics
Age (yr)	37.6 ± 10.2
Gender (male/female)	14/5
Duration of CD (yr)	13.5 ± 10.6
Smoking (yes/no)	2/17
Disease location
Ileum only	4
Ileum and colon	15
Disease behavior (B1/B2/B3)	2/6/11
Surgical resection (times)
1	6
≥ 2	13
Type of surgery
Ileocolonic resection	16
Partial ileal resection	3
Ileostomy	7
Length of the residual small intestine (cm)	455 ± 52
Preoperative medications
Mesalamine	15
Elemental diet	12
Corticosteroids	6
Immunomodulators	1
Anti-TNFα antibody	4

Data are shown as the mean ± SD or number. Disease behavior was rated according to the Montreal classification: B1: Nonstricturing, nonpenetrating; B2: Stricturing; B3: Penetrating; TNF: Tumor necrosis factor; CD: Crohn’s disease.