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ReviewInflammatory bowel diseases2026

Intestinal Ultrasound for Monitoring Postoperative Crohn's Disease: A Review and Visual Atlas.

Phillip Gu, Christian Karime, Phillip Fleshner, Katherine Falloon, Taha Qazi, Kenneth Ernest-Suarez, Baldeep Pabla, Joëlle St-Pierre, Gil Y Melmed, Oriana M Damas and 4 more

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Review in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2026. 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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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Phillip GuF. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8158-6557
Christian KarimeKarsh Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Phillip FleshnerDivision of Colorectal Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Katherine FalloonDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Taha QaziDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6770-9055
Kenneth Ernest-SuarezDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica.
Baldeep PablaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
Joëlle St-PierreDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Gil Y MelmedF. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2591-5165
Oriana M DamasDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
Hien Q HuynhDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Cathy LuDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3004-7048
Amelia KellarInflammatory Bowel Disease Center, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
Intestinal Ultrasound Group of the United States and Canada (iUSCAN)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in therapeutic strategies, postoperative recurrence (POR) of Crohn's disease (CD) remains common, underscoring the importance of vigilant and accurate surveillance. Colonoscopy is the gold standard to assess for POR, but it is invasive and can be poorly tolerated by patients. Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) has emerged as a reliable, noninvasive modality for monitoring CD at the point of care and has excellent accuracy for evaluation of POR. However, visualization of the ileocolic anastomosis with IUS can be challenging. This review provides practical guidance for identifying the ileocolic anastomosis and its key sonographic landmarks. It also outlines techniques for assessing the anastomosis with grayscale IUS and discusses strategies for integrating IUS into routine postoperative surveillance of CD.

Indexed as

ColonCrohn DiseaseIntestinesPostoperative ComplicationsAnastomosis, SurgicalHumansPostoperative PeriodRecurrenceUltrasonographyanastomosisCrohn’s diseaseintestinal ultrasoundpostoperative recurrence

Identifiers

PMID41335492
PMCPMC13046064

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