Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population (n = 33, Crohn’s disease patients)

Males/females	18/15
Median age, years (range)	44 (24–72)
Duration of Crohn’s disease, years (range)	12 (0–54)
Smoking habit at surgery, n (%)
Ever smoker	15 (45.5)
Never smoker	18 (54.5)
Previous surgery, n (%)
Never	17 (51.5)
1	13 (39.4)
2	1 (3.0)
>2	2 (6.1)
Total length of bowel resection (cm)
<50	20 (60.6 %)
≥50	13 (39.4 %)
Indication for surgery, n (%)
Strictures	20 (60.6)
Fistula	5 (15.2)
Refractoriness to medical therapy	6 (18.2)
Perforation	2 (6.1)