TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrence and impact of postoperative prophylaxis in laparoscopically treated primary ileocolic crohn disease
AU - Malireddy, Kishore
AU - Larson, David W.
AU - Sandborn, William J.
AU - Loftus, Edward V.
AU - Faubion, William A.
AU - Pardi, Darrell S.
AU - Qin, Rui
AU - Gullerud, Rachel E.
AU - Cima, Robert R.
AU - Wolff, Bruce
AU - Dozois, Eric J.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Objectives: To define risk factors for recurrence and to determine whether postoperative prophylaxis would influence time to recurrence after primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy for Crohn disease. Design: Retrospective record review. Setting: Tertiary academic medical center. Patients: All patients who underwent primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy for terminal ileal Crohn disease between April 28, 1994, and August 3, 2006, at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Main Outcome Measures: All patients were reviewed for follow-up, recurrence, risk factors for recurrence, and use of postoperative immunosuppressive prophylaxis. Results: One hundred nine patients were identified, of whom89 were followed up postoperatively at Mayo Clinic with a median follow-up of 3.5 years (range, 1.8 months to 11.9 years). Recurrence was discovered in 54 patients (61%) at a median of 13.1 months (range, 1.3 months to 8.7 years). Forty-four patients (49%) received postoperative immunosuppressive prophylaxis (37 [42%] received azathioprine, 8 [9%] received 6-mercaptopurine, and 3 [3%] received infliximab). In a multivariate model of various risk factors for recurrence, presence of granulomas was the only significant predictor of recurrence (P=.01). The 2-year cumulative recurrence rates in the prophylaxis and nonprophylaxis groups were 37.5% and 52.6%, respectively (log-rank test, P=.87). Conclusions: Recurrence occurred in more than half of the patients with Crohn disease after primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy. In this highly selected patient population, use of immunosuppressive prophylaxis was not associated with a delay in recurrence. Presence of granulomas was the only significant predictor of recurrence. These findings should be further explored in larger and less selected patient populations.
AB - Objectives: To define risk factors for recurrence and to determine whether postoperative prophylaxis would influence time to recurrence after primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy for Crohn disease. Design: Retrospective record review. Setting: Tertiary academic medical center. Patients: All patients who underwent primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy for terminal ileal Crohn disease between April 28, 1994, and August 3, 2006, at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Main Outcome Measures: All patients were reviewed for follow-up, recurrence, risk factors for recurrence, and use of postoperative immunosuppressive prophylaxis. Results: One hundred nine patients were identified, of whom89 were followed up postoperatively at Mayo Clinic with a median follow-up of 3.5 years (range, 1.8 months to 11.9 years). Recurrence was discovered in 54 patients (61%) at a median of 13.1 months (range, 1.3 months to 8.7 years). Forty-four patients (49%) received postoperative immunosuppressive prophylaxis (37 [42%] received azathioprine, 8 [9%] received 6-mercaptopurine, and 3 [3%] received infliximab). In a multivariate model of various risk factors for recurrence, presence of granulomas was the only significant predictor of recurrence (P=.01). The 2-year cumulative recurrence rates in the prophylaxis and nonprophylaxis groups were 37.5% and 52.6%, respectively (log-rank test, P=.87). Conclusions: Recurrence occurred in more than half of the patients with Crohn disease after primary laparoscopic ileocolectomy. In this highly selected patient population, use of immunosuppressive prophylaxis was not associated with a delay in recurrence. Presence of granulomas was the only significant predictor of recurrence. These findings should be further explored in larger and less selected patient populations.
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U2 - 10.1001/archsurg.2009.248
DO - 10.1001/archsurg.2009.248
M3 - Article
C2 - 20083753
AN - SCOPUS:74549181459
SN - 0004-0010
VL - 145
SP - 42
EP - 47
JO - Archives of Surgery
JF - Archives of Surgery
IS - 1
ER -