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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jun 27, 2023; 15(6): 1159-1168
Published online Jun 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i6.1159
Surgical management of duodenal Crohn's disease
Li-Chao Yang, Guo-Tao Wu, Qiang Wu, Liang-Xin Peng, Ya-Wei Zhang, Bao-Jia Yao, Gang-Lei Liu, Lian-Wen Yuan
Li-Chao Yang, Qiang Wu, Liang-Xin Peng, Ya-Wei Zhang, Bao-Jia Yao, Gang-Lei Liu, Lian-Wen Yuan, Department of Geriatric Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China
Li-Chao Yang, Qiang Wu, Liang-Xin Peng, Ya-Wei Zhang, Bao-Jia Yao, Gang-Lei Liu, Lian-Wen Yuan, Department of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China
Guo-Tao Wu, Department of General Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, University of South China, Changsha 410119, Hunan Province, China
Author contributions: Yang LC analyzed the data, prepared the figures and wrote the manuscript; Wu GT, Wu Q, Peng LX, Zhang YW and Yao BJ collected some data and contributed to manuscript preparation; Liu GL and Yuan LW contributed to the revision of the article; all authors have read the paper and approved the final submission.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81970493 and No. 82270590; and the National Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, No. 2021JJ30973 and No. 2021JJ40844.
Institutional review board statement: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (Approval No. 2022-155).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The data available from the corresponding author at yuanlianwen@csu.edu.cn or liuganglei@csu.edu.cn. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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Corresponding author: Lian-Wen Yuan, PhD, Additional Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Geriatric Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, No. 139 Renmin Middle Road, Changsha 410011, Hunan Province, China. yuanlianwen@csu.edu.cn
Received: February 21, 2023
Peer-review started: February 21, 2023
First decision: March 21, 2023
Revised: March 24, 2023
Accepted: April 28, 2023
Article in press: April 28, 2023
Published online: June 27, 2023
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Crohn's disease is a chronic, incurable inflammatory disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract function and causes extraintestinal complications. Crohn's disease involving the duodenum is a rare condition and different surgical management should be applied for patients with Crohn's disease presenting with different clinical manifestations. This study mainly summarized the surgical approaches and prognosis of 16 patients with duodenal Crohn's disease, thus providing some reference for the surgical management of the disease.