Background and Aims
Endoscopic stricturotomy (ESt) is a novel technique in the treatment of anastomotic
strictures in Crohn’s disease (CD). The aim of this study was to compare the outcome
of patients with ileocolonic anastomotic stricture treated with ESt versus ileocolonic
resection (ICR).
Methods
This historical cohort study included consecutive CD patients with ileocolonic anastomotic
stricture treated with ESt or ICR from 2010 to 2017. The primary outcomes were surgery-free
survival and postprocedural adverse events.
Results
Thirty-five patients treated with ESt and 147 patients treated with ICR were analyzed.
Median follow-up was .8 years (interquartile range [IQR], .2-1.7) and 2.2 years (IQR,
1.2-4.4) in the ESt and ICR groups, respectively (P < .001). Subsequent stricture-related surgery was needed in 4 patients (11.3%) receiving
ESt and in 15 patients (10.2%) receiving ICR (P = .83). Kaplan-Meier analysis also showed no statistical difference regarding surgery-free
survival between the 2 groups (P = .24). Procedure-related major adverse events were documented in 5 of 49 patients
(10.2% per procedure) undergoing ESt and 47 patients (31.9%) undergoing ICR (P = .003). Risk factors for decreased surgery-free survival on multivariate analysis
included preprocedural corticosteroids (hazard ratio [HR], 2.8; 95% confidence interval
[CI], 1.0-8.1), multiple strictures (HR, 4.9; 95% CI, 1.7-14.2), and increased disease-related
hospitalizations (HR, 4.0; 95% CI, 1.2-13.0).
Conclusions
With the limitation of a shorter follow-up, ESt achieved comparable surgery-free survival
with a decreased morbidity when compared with ICR.
Graphical abstract
Graphical Abstract
Abbreviations:
CD (Crohn’s disease), CI (confidence interval), EBD (endoscopic balloon dilation), ESt (endoscopic stricturotomy), HR (hazard ratio), IBD (inflammatory bowel disease), ICA (ileocolonic anastomosis), ICR (ileocolonic resection), IQR (interquartile range)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 30, 2019
Accepted:
January 20,
2019
Received:
October 22,
2018
Footnotes
DISCLOSURE: The following author received research support for this study from the Ed and Joey Story Endowed Chair: B. Shen. In addition, the following author disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: B. Shen: Consultant for Abbvie, Janssen, and Takeda; speaker for Abbvie and Takeda; research support from Abbvie and Janssen. All other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.
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