Research Article
Assessment of Patients’ Future Outlook after Bowel Resection in Crohn’s Disease
Table 2
Perioperative characteristics of the study population.
| | Patient characteristics | All () | Positive () | Negative () | value |
| | Indication for surgery, (%) | | | | 0.216 | | Failure of medical treatment | 6 (5.8%) | 5 (8.2%) | 1 (2.4%) | — | | Bowel obstruction | 66 (64.1%) | 41 (67.2%) | 25 (59.5%) | — | | Fistula or abscess format | 23 (22.3%) | 11 (18.0%) | 12 (28.6%) | — | | Combination of these indications | 8 (7.8%) | 4 (6.6%) | 4 (9.5%) | — | | Laparoscopic surgery, (%) | 80 (77.7%) | 50 (82.0%) | 30 (71.4%) | 0.207 | | Postoperative complication, (%) | 34 (33.0%) | 20 (32.7%) | 14 (33.3%) | 0.954 | | Endoscopic recurrence, (%) | 33 (32.0%) | 16 (26.2%) | 17 (40.5%) | 0.128 | | Time since surgery (months) | 22.8 (12-31.2) | 22.8 (12-30.2) | 24 (13.3-30.6) | 0.268 | | Current medical therapy, (%) | | | | 0.336 | | Conventional therapy | 52 (50.5%) | 32 (52.5%) | 20 (47.6%) | — | | Antitumor necrosis factor | 34 (33.0%) | 18 (29.5%) | 16 (38.1%) | — | | Other or no medicine | 17 (16.5%) | 11 (18.0%) | 6 (14.3%) | — | | Employment status, (%) | | | | 0.007 | | Employed | 84 (81.6%) | 55 (90.2%) | 29 (69.0%) | — | | Unemployed | 19 (18.4%) | 6 (9.8%) | 13 (31.0%) | — | | Annual personal expense, (%) | | | | 0.488 | | Similar | 24 (23.3%) | 12 (19.7%) | 12 (28.6%) | — | | Higher than before | 31 (30.1%) | 18 (29.5%) | 13 (31.0%) | — | | Lower than before | 48 (46.6%) | 31 (50.8%) | 17 (40.4%) | — | | Clinical recurrence, (%)/Harvey–Bradshaw | | | | <0.001 | | Yes (>4) | 16 (15.5%) | 2 (3.3%) | 14 (33.3%) | — | | No (≤4) | 87 (84.5%) | 59 (96.7%) | 28 (66.7%) | — | | Patients’ view on timing of surgery, (%) | | | | 0.018 | | Earlier | 26 (25.2%) | 14 (23.0%) | 12 (28.6%) | — | | Later | 12 (11.7%) | 3 (4.9%) | 9 (21.4%) | — | | Appropriate | 65 (63.1%) | 44 (72.1%) | 21 (50.0%) | — |
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