Resection Leads to Less Recurrence Than Strictureplasty in a Paediatric Population with Obstructive Crohn’s Disease

Table 2

Characteristics of all procedures, of Group 1, strictureplasty, and of Group 2, resection.

	Total (𝑛=40)	Group 1 (𝑛=19)	Group 2 (𝑛=21)
Gender (male : female)	17 : 24	8 : 11	9 : 12
Age (mean, years)	15.57 (7.2–19.4)	15.6	14.8
Time to follow up (months)	67.44 (10.5–156.6)	74.4	61.1
Number of strictures (mean)	3 (1–14)	4.6 (1–14)	1.5 (1–6)
Stricture length (mean, cm)	12.4 (5–30)	10.2 (5–30)	14.85 (5–30)
Stricture site	20/40 ileum; 9/40 ileocolic junction; 8/40 upper GI tract; 3/40 colon	10/19 ileum; 4/19 ileocolic junction; 5/19 upper GI tract; 0/19 colon	10/21 ileum; 5/21 ileocolic junction; 3/21 upper GI tract; 3/21 colon
Recurrence	14/40	11/19	3/21
Time to recrudescence (months)	29.07 (2.6–75.0)	26.97 (11.8–64.7)	36.76 (2.6–75.0)
Same site recrudescence	5	3	2
Different site recrudescence	9	8	1