title: Surgical management of Crohn's disease.
abstract: Although medical management can control symptoms in a recurring incurable disease, such as Crohn's disease, surgical management is reserved for disease complications or those problems refractory to medical management. In this article, we cover general principles for the surgical management of Crohn's disease, ranging from skin tags, abscesses, fistulae, and stenoses to small bowel and extraintestinal disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. luk@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Kim C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D004106:Dilatation; D019468:Disease Management; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D012006:Rectovaginal Fistula / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000150:complications