Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study
(2017)
Journal Article
Ma, C., Moran, G. W., Benchimol, E. I., Targownik, L. E., Heitman, S. J., Hubbard, J. N., …Kaplan, G. G. (2017). Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 112, https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2017.394
Objectives: Temporal changes for intestinal resections for Crohn’s disease (CD) are controversial. We validated administrative database codes for CD diagnosis and surgery in hospitalized patients and then evaluated temporal trends in CD surgical res... Read More about Surgical rates for Crohn’s Disease are decreasing: a population-based time trend analysis and validation study.