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. 2006 Jun;55(6):842–847. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.076604

Table 1 Grade of endoscopic recurrence.

Ileal and ileocolonic anastomotic lesions1
 i0 No macroscopic lesions
 i1 Less than 5 aphthous ulcers (<5 mm) in the neoterminal ileum
 i2 More than 5 aphthous ulcers with normal mucosa between them, or ulceration(s) confined to the anastomosis
 i3 Diffuse aphthous ileitis with a diffusely inflamed ileum
 i4 Diffuse aphthous ileitis with larger ulcers, irregularity, and narrowing
Colonic lesions
 c0 No macroscopic lesions
 c1 Less than 5 aphthous or superficial ulcerations per segment* or frank erythema or oedema without ulceration
 c2 More than 5 aphthous or superficial ulcerations on at least one colonic segment1
 c3 Deep ulceration affecting less than 10% of the surface of the entire colon and less than 5 deep ulcerations in each colonic segment
 c4 Deep ulcerations affecting more than 10% of the surface of the colon, or more than 5 deep ulcerations in a colonic segment, or presence of strictures.

*Caecum and ascending colon, transverse colon, descending and sigmoid colon, and rectum.