Abstract Background and Aims The diagnosis and follow up of patients with inflammatory
bowel disease [IBD] requires cross-sectional imaging modalities, such as intestinal …

Background We aimed to develop criteria for treatment intensification in patients with (1)
luminal Crohn's disease (CD),(2) CD with perianal disease and/or fistula,(3) CD with small …

Background Strictures are the most common structural complication of Crohn's disease.
Surgery and endoscopic balloon dilation are the main treatments; drug therapy has been …

Up to 50% of patients with Crohn's disease develop a stricture within 10 years of diagnosis.
Crohn's strictures can compose of inflammation, fibrosis or smooth muscle expansion and …

Magnetic resonance (MR) enterography is assuming an increasingly important and central
role in the management of patients with Crohn's disease, as it is not only involved in …

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic and relapsing–remitting inflammatory disorder of the
gastrointestinal tract. Approximately 70% of patients inevitably develop fibrosis‐associated …

Objectives Since a reliable model for predicting infliximab (IFX) benefits in bio-naïve Crohn's
disease (CD) is still lacking, we constructed a magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) …

Hintergrund Bei Patienten mit chronisch-entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen (CED) wird zur
Diagnosestellung, Erkennung von Erkrankungskomplikationen sowie zur Verlaufskontrolle …

Purpose Transabdominal ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) are
used to assess disease activity and extent in IBD, but their impact on therapeutic decisions is …

Objectives Enteric and colonic sinus tracts are inflammatory complications that precede
intestinal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to …