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Quality of life after bowel resection for Crohn's disease - first results

Authors

KUNOVSKÝ Lumír KALA Zdeněk MITÁŠ Ladislav DOLINA Jiří ČAN Vladimír KUCEROVA Lenka JADCZAKOVA V. PENKA Igor

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Rozhledy v chirurgii
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.prolekare.cz/casopisy/rozhledy-v-chirurgii/2016-12-1/kvalita-zivota-u-pacientu-s-crohnovou-chorobou-po-strevni-resekci-prvni-vysledky-60225
Field Surgery incl. transplantology
Keywords Crohn's disease; quality of life; surgery; bowel resection; Czech cohort
Description Introduction: Crohn's disease (CD) highly affects a patient's quality of life. The aim of the study was to find out the impact of surgery on the quality of life (QoL) in CD patients and factors affecting their postoperative QoL Methods: 90 patients with CD who underwent surgery (bowel resection) filled out an EORTC QLQ-CR29 questionnaire preoperatively and again after the surgical procedure. Results: 77% of the patients experienced a positive change (p<0.001), 22% negative and 11% no change. Conclusion: In this cohort, we proved that surgical treatment improves the overall QoL in patients with CD. To determine factors which affect postoperative QoL, more patients need to be enrolled in future studies.

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