ArticlePloS one2018
Visceral fat area measured with computed tomography does not predict postoperative course in Crohn´s disease patients.
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- 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
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- Visceral Adipose Tissue Alters Podometrics and Renal Compensation After Uninephrectomy.Kidney international reports · 2026Article
- Creeping fat is associated with transmural healing in patients with Crohn's disease receiving ustekinumab.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Creeping Fat in Crohn's Disease-Surgical, Histological, and Radiological Approaches.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
- Body composition parameters correlate with the endoscopic severity in Crohn's disease patients treated with infliximab.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Serial Changes in Body Composition and the Association with Disease Activity during Treatment in Patients with Crohn's Disease.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Impact of Sarcopenia on Clinical Outcomes in a Cohort of Caucasian Active Crohn's Disease Patients Undergoing Multidetector CT-Enterography.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Visceral adiposity and inflammatory bowel disease.International journal of colorectal disease · 2021Review
- Computed tomography-based multiple body composition parameters predict outcomes in Crohn's disease.Insights into imaging · 2021Article
- Circadian rhythm disruption is associated with an increased risk of sarcopenia: a nationwide population-based study in Korea.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
The role of visceral fat measured by computer tomography is yet not well defined in patients with Crohn's disease. Therefore, the present study was designed to assess the impact of visceral fat area on postoperative short-term outcome and surgical characteristics. We analyzed 95 patients, who underwent intestinal resection for symptomatic Crohn's disease at an academic tertiary referral center between 2003 and 2008. Visceral fat area was measured on preoperative computed tomography scans. Postoperative morbidity was graded according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. Visceral fat area was correlated with baseline characteristics, disease phenotype and 30-day morbidity. Body mass index and age were significantly associated with a higher visceral fat area (p = 0.001). Overall 19 (20.0%) postoperative complications were observed, of whom 7 (7.4%) patients required surgical re-intervention. No significant difference was found with regard to visceral fat area between patients with an uneventful and eventful postoperative course (no complications: median visceral fat area 52.0 cm2 SD 59.7, complications: 41.3 cm2 SD 42.8; p = 0.465). In contrast to current literature, we cannot support the role of visceral fat area for predicting postoperative course in Crohn's disease. In addition, no correlation of the visceral fat area and disease behavior was detected.
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