title: Incidence of surgical resection for Crohn's disease.
abstract: One hundred fifty-two of 399 Crohn's patients (38 percent) diagnosed over 20 years, who lived within a geographically defined area at the time of diagnosis, underwent at least one operation. One hundred seventy-one resections were performed in 160 operations during a mean follow-up of 60 months. Forty-eight percent of patients had undergone their first resection within 10 years of diagnosis, and 39 percent of these had undergone a second resection within 10 years of the first. There was no difference between smokers and nonsmokers in the timing of their surgery.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Claassen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012907:Smoking