Impact of the Crohn's disease digestive damage score (L émann Index) on the perioperative course in patients with Crohn's disease and ileocolic anastomosis.

CONCLUSIONS: The Lémann Index might affect surgical decision making but is not linearly associated with postoperative morbidity. However, medium indices (3-10) - mainly accounted for by high amounts of intraabdominal active Crohn`s lesions - showed significantly higher rates of complications, potentially defining a group at risk. PMID: 33410352 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research