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ReviewClinics in colon and rectal surgery2013

Biologic therapy and surgery for crohn disease.

E Carter Paulson

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Review in Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 93% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Surgery in the age of biologics.Gastroenterology report · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

E Carter PaulsonDepartment of Surgery, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 1998, infliximab, an antitumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF-α) antibody, was approved for use in the treatment of Crohn disease (CD). Since then, other biologic therapies, including adalimumab and certolizumab pegol (newer anti-TNF-α antibodies), and natalizumab, an antibody against alpha-4 integrin, have also been approved. Here, we review the published studies that examine the relationship between pre- and postoperative biologic therapy and postoperative complications in patients with CD. This body of literature is composed of numerous small, retrospective, heterogeneous studies that demonstrate conflicting and varied results. Overall, the receipt of biologic therapy in the pre- or postoperative period does not appear to significantly increase the risk of postoperative complications. It is, however, difficult to draw any firm conclusions based on the existing level of data. In the future, larger prospective studies are needed to better elucidate the true risks, if any, that the use of biologic therapy poses to patients with CD requiring operation.

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biologic therapyCrohn diseasepostoperative complicationssurgery

Identifiers

PMID24436661
PMCPMC3709957
OpenAlexW1970547942

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