Table 3.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

	n=31
Gender: female / male	19 /12
Age, mean ± SD, years	32.39 ± 8.47
Disease duration, mean ± SD, months	66.45 ± 63.77
Interval between MRI and surgery, mean ± SD, days	7.65 ± 5.02
< 7 days	14
7–15 days	17
Surgery type, n (%)
Ileocolon resection	23/31 (74.19%)
Partial small bowel resection	8/31 (25.81%)
Stricture location, n (%)
Ileocecum	11/31 (35.48%)
Terminal ileum	12/31 (38.71%)
Proximal ileum + jejunum	8/31 (25.81%)
Number of bowel specimens, n (%)
Terminal ileum	72/97 (74.23%)
Proximal ileum+ jejunum	25/97 (25.77%)
CDAI, mean ± SD	265.03 ± 89. 81
CRP, mean ± SD, mg/L	40.04 ± 24.01
ESR, mean ± SD, mm/h	40.61 ± 22.11

CDAI, Crohn’s disease activity index; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate.