Table 1.
Characteristics of Crohn's disease patients with or without postoperative complications.
| Present |
Absent |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 51) | (n = 86) | |||
| Age | Mean, years (range) | 43 (22–72) | 38 (18–71) | 0.06 |
| Sex | Male | 39 (76.5 %) | 57 (66.3 %) | 0.57 |
| Female | 12 (23.5 %) | 29 (33.7 %) | ||
| Smoking | Present | 10 (19.6 %) | 24 (27.9 %) | 0.27 |
| Disease period | Mean, years (range) | 15 (0–41) | 13 (0–49) | 0.22 |
| Preoperative treatment $ | 5-ASA | 20 (39.2 %) | 48 (55.8 %) | 0.06 |
| Corticosteroid | 4 (7.8 %) | 7 (8.1 %) | 0.95 | |
| Immunomodulator | 8 (15.7 %) | 16 (18.6 %) | 0.66 | |
| Anti-TNF alpha antibody | 28 (54.9 %) | 33 (38.4 %) | 0.23 | |
| Surgical history | Present | 26 (51.0 %) | 49 (57.0 %) | 0.50 |
| Behavior | Nonpenetrating | 21 (41.2 %) | 46 (53.5 %) | 0.16 |
| Penetrating | 30 (58.8 %) | 40 (46.5 %) | ||
CD; Crohn's disease, OS; Open surgery, LS; Laparoscopic surgery.
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Duplicative data.