| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| RCTs | Randomized controlled trials |
| ITT | Intention-to-treat |
| PP | Per-protocol |
| RRs | Risk ratios |
| CIs | Confidence intervals |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| POR | Postoperative recurrence |
| JAK | Janus kinase |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RoB2 | Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool |
| ADRs | Adverse drug reactions |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| SUCRA | Surface Under the Cumulative Ranking curve |
| MCMC | Markov chain Monte Carlo |
| VPCs | Variance partition coefficients |
| CINeMA | Confidence In Network Meta-Analysis |
| IQR | Interquartile range |
| IFX | Infliximab |
| ADA | Adalimumab |
| VDZ | Vedolizumab |
| UST | Ustekinumab |
| TG | Tripterygium glycosides |
| IL-10 | Interleukin-10 |
| CR | Clinical Recurrence |
| ER | Endoscopic Recurrence |
| AZA | Azathioprine |
| 6-MP | 6-Mercaptopurine |
| SASP | Sulfasalazine |
| EEN | Early Enteral Nutrition |
| ED-AZA | Endoscopy-driven AZA |
| 5-ASA | 5-Aminosalicylic Acid |
| CFU | Colony Forming Units |
| NA | Not Available |