Improving the outcome of fistulising Crohn's disease
I Molendijk, KCMJ Peeters, CIM Baeten… - Best practice & research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fistulas are a frequent manifestation of Crohn's disease (CD) and can result in considerable
morbidity. Approximately 35% of all patients with CD will experience one fistula episode
during their disease course of which 54% is perianal. The major symptoms of patients with
perianal fistulas are constant anal pain, the formation of painful swellings around the anus
and continuous discharge of pus and/or blood from the external fistula opening. The exact
aetiology of perianal fistulas in CD patients remains unclear, but it is thought that a …
morbidity. Approximately 35% of all patients with CD will experience one fistula episode
during their disease course of which 54% is perianal. The major symptoms of patients with
perianal fistulas are constant anal pain, the formation of painful swellings around the anus
and continuous discharge of pus and/or blood from the external fistula opening. The exact
aetiology of perianal fistulas in CD patients remains unclear, but it is thought that a …