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BACKGROUND: The observation that in more than 90% of Crohn's disease patients the postoperative recurrences are located in the pre-anastomotic tract leads us to suppose that the anastomosis would play a role in the appearance of recurrences. AIM AND METHODS: To focus the role of different anastomotic configurations in the incidence of...

Perianal fistula is a very debilitating event and a cause of morbidity in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). Its malignant transformation is very rare with an incidence of around 0.004-0.7%. Presence of disease in the colon and rectum is the major risk factor for the development of a perianal fistula. In this report we show a case of...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are associated with an increased risk of arterial and venous thromboembolism. A 2 to 3 time fold increased risk of developing thromboembolic complications was reported for IBD patients compared to general population. A systematic literature search was conducted...