ArticleJournal of Crohn's & colitis2018
Inclusion of the Mesentery in Ileocolic Resection for Crohn's Disease is Associated With Reduced Surgical Recurrence.
Article in Journal of Crohn's & colitis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 161 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The MESOCOLIC Trial: Mesenteric Excision Surgery or Conservative Limited Resection in Crohn's Disease
MeSenteric SpAring Versus High Ligation Ileocolic Resection for the Prevention of REcurrent Crohn's DiseaSe (SPARES)
Resection of the Mesentery With Functional End-to-end Anastomosis vs Kono Anastomosis in Preventing Relapse After Ileocolic Resection for Primary Crohn Disease: a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Remeasure CD TRial
Laparoscopic Mesenteric Excision and Exclusion for Crohn's Disease of the Terminal Ileum. A Greek Single Center Study.
Who cites it
161 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 342 citations in OpenAlex.
- Incidence and predictors of surgical recurrence after primary ileocolic resection in Crohn ileitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of extensive mesenteric excision on primary ileocolic resection outcomes in Crohn's disease patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes of conventional versus extended mesenteric resection in limited ileo-colonic Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Extended versus limited mesenteric excision in bowel resection for Crohn's disease: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Pooled it
- To cut or not to cut? Extended mesenteric excision during intestinal resection does not impact the postoperative recurrence nor the postoperative complications in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Pooled it
- Extended mesenteric resection reduces the rate of surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of colorectal disease · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Kono-S anastomosis on reducing postoperative recurrence rates in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Techniques in coloproctology · 2024Pooled it
- Safety and effectivity of Kono-S anastomosis in Crohn's patients: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Surgical features to reduce anastomotic recurrence of Crohn's disease that requires reoperation: a systematic review.Surgery today · 2022Pooled it
- Kono-S anastomosis after intestinal resection for Crohn's disease.Updates in surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of early bowel resection versus initial medical therapy in patient's with ileocolonic Crohn's disease.International journal of colorectal disease · 2020Pooled it
- Histopathology Scoring Systems of Stenosis Associated With Small Bowel Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review.Gastroenterology · 2020Pooled it
- Stapled versus handsewn methods for ileocolic anastomoses.Techniques in coloproctology · 2019Pooled it
- Resection of the mesentery vs Kono-S anastomosis in preventing surgical recurrence for primary Crohn disease: the REMEASURE prospective, randomized, controlled trial.Updates in surgery · 2026Trial
- Time for an Australian and New Zealand randomized controlled trial to study the modified Kono S anastomosis.ANZ journal of surgery · 2022Trial
- Essential Updates in the Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Topics From 2024 to Mid-2026.Annals of gastroenterological surgery · 2026Review
- Management of Crohn's Disease in Adult Patients: A Contemporary Surgical Perspective.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Computed tomography enterography-based deep learning radiomics models of intestinal lesions and perienteric fat for predicting Crohn's disease activity: a multicenter cohort study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Surgical management of metastatic cutaneous Crohn's disease: a case series from a tertiary centre in the United Kingdom.Techniques in coloproctology · 2026Article
- Characterization of mesocolic adipose hyperplasia in a rat 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid colitis model and comparison to creeping fat in Crohn disease.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2026Article
101 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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23 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsInclusion of the mesentery during resection for colorectal cancer is associated with improved outcomes but has yet to be evaluated in Crohn's disease. This study aimed to determine the rate of surgical recurrence after inclusion of mesentery during ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.
methodsSurgical recurrence rates were compared between two cohorts. Cohort A [n = 30] underwent conventional ileocolic resection where the mesentery was divided flush with the intestine. Cohort B [n = 34] underwent resection which included excision of the mesentery. The relationship between mesenteric disease severity and surgical recurrence was determined in a separate cohort [n = 94]. A mesenteric disease activity index was developed to quantify disease severity. This was correlated with the Crohn's disease activity index and the fibrocyte percentage in circulating white cells.
resultsCumulative reoperation rates were 40% and 2.9% in cohorts A and B [P = 0.003], respectively. Surgical technique was an independent determinant of outcome [P = 0.007]. Length of resected intestine was shorter in cohort B, whilst lymph node yield was higher [12.25 ± 13 versus 2.4 ± 2.9, P = 0.002]. Advanced mesenteric disease predicted increased surgical recurrence [Hazard Ratio 4.7, 95% Confidence Interval: 1.71-13.01, P = 0.003]. The mesenteric disease activity index correlated with the mucosal disease activity index [r = 0.76, p < 0.0001] and the Crohn's disease activity index [r = 0.70, p < 0.0001]. The mesenteric disease activity index was significantly worse in smokers and correlated with increases in circulating fibrocytes.
conclusionsInclusion of mesentery in ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease is associated with reduced recurrence requiring reoperation.
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