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Risk of Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Has Decreased Over Time: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Population-Based Studies

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The risk of intestinal surgery among patients with IBD has decreased over the past 6 decades, and the trend in risk of surgery over time was analyzed by meta-regression using mixed-effect models.
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This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 623 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Inflammatory bowel disease & Population.

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Prediction of Recurrent Emergency Department Visits among Patients with Crohn's Disease: A Retrospective Study.

TL;DR: Tachycardia, anemia, and elevated alkaline phosphatase were independently associated with ED returns in 30 days, and knowing these risk factors may assist in minimizing the burden of recurrent ED visits among patients with CD.
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Treatment and outcome of ulcerative colitis during the first 10 years after diagnosis in a prospectively followed population-based cohort.

TL;DR: There is a shortage of studies evaluating the effect of prevalent use of immunomodulators (IMMs) and biologicals on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis (UC) during 10 years as mentioned in this paper.
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Major ambulatory surgery among US adults with inflammatory bowel disease, 2017

TL;DR: Differences in characteristics of major ambulatory surgery encounters by IBD status may identify opportunities for efficient resource allocation and positive surgical outcomes among IBD patients.
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Pharmacological mechanisms of chitotriose as a redox regulator in the treatment of rat inflammatory bowel disease.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the biosafety, efficacy and pharmacological mechanisms of chitosan oligosaccharides in the treatment of experimental IBD in compare with the commercial 5 Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA).
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Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

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Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta‐analysis

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Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology - A proposal for reporting

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Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias.

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