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World J Gastrointest Surg. Jul 27, 2016; 8(7): 492-500
Published online Jul 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i7.492
Published online Jul 27, 2016. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i7.492
Early surgery in Crohn’s disease a benefit in selected cases
Vinna An, Lauren Cohen, Matthew Lawrence, Michelle Thomas, James Moore, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Jane Andrews, IBD Service Department of Gastroenterology and School of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide 5000, Australia
Author contributions: An V and Cohen L were involved with the study design, data collection, review of results and preparation of this manuscript; Lawrence M, Thomas M, Andrews J and Moore J were involved with the development of the study concept and design, defining the parameters of the database and review and editing of this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This project was reviewed and approved by the Royal Adelaide Hospital Human Research Ethics committee.
Conflict-of-interest statement: For all authors, there are no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: The original de-identified data set can be made available on request to the corresponding author vinna_an@yahoo.com.au.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Vinna An, MBBS, FRACS, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace Adelaide South Australia 5000, Australia. vinna_an@yahoo.com.au
Telephone: +61-3-98811800 Fax: +61-3-90127875
Received: January 27, 2016
Peer-review started: January 30, 2016
First decision: March 9, 2016
Revised: March 23, 2016
Accepted: April 7, 2016
Article in press: April 11, 2016
Published online: July 27, 2016
Peer-review started: January 30, 2016
First decision: March 9, 2016
Revised: March 23, 2016
Accepted: April 7, 2016
Article in press: April 11, 2016
Published online: July 27, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: This study supports the growing body of evidence that asserts that selected patients with ileocolonic Crohn’s have reduced requirement for medical therapy and a trend to fewer surgical interventions. Expanding on the evidence, this study also demonstrated fewer admissions to hospital for Crohn’s disease related illness.