POINT-OF-CARE INTESTINAL ULTRASOUND FOR THE DETECTION OF POSTOPERATIVE CROHN’S DISEASE ENDOSCOPIC RECURRENCE

In patients with Crohn’s disease (CD), following an ileocolic resection (ICR), colonoscopy is the gold standard for the detection of endoscopic recurrence (ER). Colonoscopy, however, is invasive and not easily accepted by patients for repeated monitoring. In contrast, transabdominal intestinal ultrasound (IUS) is non-irradiating, non-invasive, and easy to repeat. The goal of this study was to assess the accuracy of IUS for ER in CD.

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