Table 2.
Complications defined in crohn’s disease
Study | Study endpoints | Infectious | Non-infectious | Major | Minor |
Marchal[22] | Early (10 d) and late (3 mo) complications | Catheter sepsis, wound, upper respiratory, Diarrhea,yeast | Sepsis, leak, peritonitis, abscess, wound failure, severe anemia, bulbar ulcer bleeding | Hematoma, fever, delayed transit, mild infection, intestinal obstruction | |
Colombel[23] | Early (30 d) septic and non septic complications | Wound sepsis, leak, abscess, fistula, sepsis, pneumonia, bacteremia, urosepsis | CD recurrence, small bowel obstruction, GI bleeding, thromboembolism | ||
Appau[24] | 30 d post-operative complications | Wound infection, sepsis, intra abdominal abscess, 30 d mortality, readmission rate, anastomotic leak and wound complications | |||
Kunitake[29] (combined study) | Post-operative cumulative complications | Infections, hypomotility, thrombotic, cardiac complications, hepato-renal complications, anastomotic leak, bleeding and death |
CD: Crohn’s disease; GI: Gastrointestinal.