Prospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2019; 11(5): 261-270
Published online May 27, 2019. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v11.i5.261
Patients with Crohn’s disease have longer post-operative in-hospital stay than patients with colon cancer but no difference in complications’ rate
2015 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group
Author contributions: The 2015 European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group contributed to conception of the study, analyses of data and writing the article.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the European Society of Coloproctology Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: This is not applicable as this paper reports a prospective audit conducted bt European Society of Colo-Proctology in 2015.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None.
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Corresponding author: Alaa El-Hussuna, MBChB, MSc, PhD, Academic Research, Doctor, Surgeon, Consultant Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, Aalborg 9100, Denmark. a.elhussuna@rn.dk
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Received: March 7, 2019
Peer-review started: March 7, 2019
First decision: May 9, 2019
Revised: May 21, 2019
Accepted: May 23, 2019
Article in press: May 23, 2019
Published online: May 27, 2019
Core Tip

Core tip: This paper shows that patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) have longer post-operative stay at the hospital although they were younger than those with colon cancer (CC), had a lower American Society of Anesthesiology score grade and had less comorbidity. They were also operated on by experienced surgeons and had undergone less radical resection than those with CC. This may stimulate further researches to investigate the factors influencing post-operative length of stay at hospital in patients with CD.