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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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Risk of postoperative infectious complications from medical therapies in inflammatory bowel disease

TL;DR: The impact of perioperative IBD medications on the risk of postoperative infections within 30 days of surgery and the certainty of the evidence was evaluated using GRADE.
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Clostridium difficile infection worsens the prognosis of ulcerative colitis

TL;DR: C difficile diagnosis worsened the prognosis of UC by increasing the risk of colectomy and postoperative infectious complications following colectome.
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Clinical course of Crohn's disease during the first 5 years. Results from a population-based cohort in Sweden (ICURE) diagnosed 2005-2009.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that although the course of Crohn’s disease seems difficult to change during the first year after diagnosis, the following years up to 5 years shows a more benign course than has usually been described earlier.
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Kono-S anastomosis for Crohn’s disease: a systemic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

TL;DR: Evidence from this meta-analysis favors the Kono-S anastomosis for Crohn’s disease patients, especially for ileocolic anASTomosis, and clinicians should consider the applicability of Kono/S anastsomosis in respective institutions.
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