Colonic Crohn’s disease – decision is more important than incision: A surgical dilemma

Table 2 Recurrence after segmental bowel resection and after total colectomy in patients with isolated colonic Crohn’s disease

Ref.	Patient/type of surgery	Recurrence rate (%)
Longo et al[16], 1988	18 segmental bowel resection	62
	131 total colectomy	65
Allan et al[15], 1989	36 segmental bowel resection	66
	63 total colectomy	53
Bernell et al[18], 2001	134 segmental bowel resection	49
	106 total colectomy	53
Andersson et al[19], 2002	31 segmental bowel resection	39
	26 total colectomy	46
Martel et al[17], 2002	84 segmental bowel resection	43
	39 total colectomy	41
Fichera et al[13], 2005	55 segmental bowel resection	38.8
	49 total colectomy	22.9
	75 total proctocolectomy	9.3