Review Article

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Small Bowel in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Study characteristics.

NameYearCountryNumber of patients
(patients included)
Age (range)Prospective/retrospectivePatient populationReference standardLocation studiedPooled analysis
(raw data available)

Rieber et al. [13]2000Germany194 (84)NSNSSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopy ± histopathologySmall bowelNo

Koh et al. [12]2001United Kingdom30 (21)37.6 (18–58)ProspectiveEstablished CDSurgery ± ileocolonoscopy Small and large bowelNo

Ochsenkühn et al. [14]2004Germany29 (25)31.5 (19–58)NSEstablished CDIleocolonoscopy ± histologySmall bowelYes

Pascu et al. [15]2004Germany61 (37)38 (19 to 84)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopySmall and large bowelNo

Schreyer et al. [16]2005Germany30 (23)29 (18–65)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopySmall and large bowel (terminal ileum for analysis)Yes

Maccioni et al. [17]2006Italy70 (59)46.3 (18–76)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopy ± imagingSmall and large bowel (ileum for analysis)Yes

Negaard et al. [18]2006Norway60 (41)33 (16–65)NSSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopy ± surgerySmall bowel (terminal ileum for analysis)Yes

Negaard et al. [19]2007Norway48 (35)39 (18–73)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDSurgery, ileocolonoscopy ± histopathology ± capsule endoscopySmall bowelNo

Seiderer et al. [20]2007Germany10 (10)33.9 (17–57)NSSuspected CDDouble-balloon enteroscopy (oral route)Small bowel (jejunum for analysis)Yes

Siddiki et al. [21]2009USA33 (27)39 (20–60)ProspectiveSuspected CDIleocolonoscopy ± histopathologySmall bowelYes

Lee et al. [22]2009South Korea31 (23)28.8 (18–44)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopySmall bowelYes

Giusti et al. [24]2010Italy70 (70)27.8 (15–45)NSEstablished CDHistopathologySmall bowelYes

Parisinos et al. [25]2010United Kingdom342 (68)36.8 (25–47)RetrospectiveSuspected or established CDSurgery, ileocolonoscopy ± histopathologySmall bowelNo

Fiorino et al. [26]2011Italy44 (44)43 (19–61)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopy Small and large bowel (ileum for analysis)No

Gallego et al. [23]2011Spain61 (61)36.1 (14–65)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopySmall bowel (ileum for analysis)Yes

Hyun et al. [27]2011Japan30 (25)29.5 (24–38)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopy ± double-balloon enteroscopy (rectal route)Small and large bowel (small bowel for analysis)Yes

Jensen et al. [28]2011Denmark93 (72)30 (15–74)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopy ± surgerySmall bowelYes

Jensen et al. [29]2011Denmark53 (45)39 (18–76)ProspectiveEstablished CDIleocolonoscopy ± surgerySmall bowelYes

Oto et al. [30]2011USA18 (18)33.2 (20–53)RetrospectiveEstablished CDEndoscopy ± histopathologySmall bowelYes

Wiarda et al. [31] 2012Netherlands41 (38)36 (20–74)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDBalloon-assisted enteroscopy and consensusSmall bowelYes

Friedrich et al. [32]2012Germany79 (39)27.8 (23–48)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopySmall and large bowel (ileum for analysis)No

Grand et al. [33]2012USA310 (310)45 (20–94)RetrospectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopy ± histopathologySmall and large bowelNo

Adamek et al. [34]2012Germany104 (82)39.8 (18–68)ProspectiveSuspected or established CDIleocolonoscopy + histopathologySmall bowel (terminal ileum for analysis)Yes

Castiglione et al. [35]2013Italy265 (234)39ProspectiveSuspected CDIleocolonoscopy ± surgerySmall bowelYes

Fallis et al. [36]2013United Kingdom51 (51)41.3 (17–79)BothEstablished CDSurgerySmall and large bowel (distal ileum for analysis) Yes1

Takenaka et al. [38]2014Japan100 (100)31 (16–71)ProspectiveEstablished CDBalloon-assisted enteroscopy (rectal route)Small bowel (terminal ileum for analysis)Yes

Kumar et al. [37]2015United Kingdom17 (17)30.8 (19–72)RetrospectiveEstablished CDSurgerySmall bowelYes

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