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Original Article

A Long-Term Study of the Clinical Course in 186 Patients

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Pages 516-524 | Received 09 Aug 1984, Accepted 18 Jan 1985, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A series of 186 patients treated for Crohn's disease during the period 1956 to 1968 has been followed up in 1970, 1975, and now in 1983. Among 173 patients operated on there were 89 recurrences (52%). After a follow-up time >14 years (mean, 18 years) ‘radical’ resections at the first operation gave a lower recurrence rate (31%), fewer reoperations, and a better quality of life compared with non-‘radical’ resections (recurrence rate, 83%). The quality of life estimated for all patients alive in 1983, 152 patients, was good in 89%; 8.6% had moderate subjective symptoms, and 2.6% had pronounced subjective symptoms. With an increasing follow-up time there was no decrease in the patients' quality of life. Ileorectal anastomosis did not give very good results; proctocolectomy and ileostomy, however, gave good results. Regular investigation of all patients is of vital importance to give them a good quality of life.

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