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Freddy Penninckx
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 251
Citations - 14842
Freddy Penninckx is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colectomy & Cholecystectomy. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 251 publications receiving 14083 citations. Previous affiliations of Freddy Penninckx include Catholic University of Leuven.
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Early Lesions of Recurrent Crohn's Disease Caused by Infusion of Intestinal Contents in Excluded Ileum
TL;DR: Intestinal contents trigger postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease in the terminal ileum proximal to the ileocolonic anastomosis in the first days after surgery.
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Controlled trial of metronidazole treatment for prevention of crohn's recurrence after ileal resection☆
Paul Rutgeerts,Martin Hiele,Karel Geboes,Marc Peeters,Freddy Penninckx,Raymond Aerts,Raymond Kerremans +6 more
TL;DR: Metronidazole therapy for 3 months decreases the severity of early recurrence of Crohn's disease in the neoterminal ileum after resection and seems to delay symptomatic recurrence.
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European evidence-based Consensus on the management of ulcerative colitis: Current management.
Simon Travis,Eduard F. Stange,Marc Lémann,Tom Øresland,W. A. Bemelman,Yehuda Chowers,Jean-Frederic Colombel,Geert R. D'Haens,Subrata Ghosh,P. Marteau,Wolfgang Kruis,N. J. Mcc Mortensen,Freddy Penninckx,Miquel A. Gassull +13 more
TL;DR: The most widely used index for severe UC is Truelove and Wi_tts as discussed by the authors, which is defined as any patient who has a bloody stool frequency ≥ 6/day and a tachycardia (> 90 bpm), or temperature > 37.8 °C, or anaemia (haemoglobin 30 mm/h) has severe ulcerative colitis.
European-evidence-based consensus on the management of ulcerative colitis: Current management (vol 2, pg 24, 2008)
Simon Travis,Eduard F. Stange,Marc Lémann,Tom Øresland,W. A. Bemelman,Yehuda Chowers,J.-F. Colombel,Geert D'Haens,Subrata Ghosh,P. Marteau,Wolfgang Kruis,N. J. Mcc Mortensen,Freddy Penninckx,Miquel A. Gassull +13 more
TL;DR: The simplest, best validated and most widely used index for identifying acute severe UC remains that of Truelove & Wi_tts 3: any patient who has a bloody stool frequency ≥ 6/day and a tachycardia and temperature > 37.8 °C, or anaemia has severe ulcerative colitis.
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Long-term outcome of laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for total rectal prolapse.
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to assess the long‐term outcome of patients who underwent a novel, autonomic nerve‐sparing, laparoscopic technique for rectal prolapse.