Xiao-di Shen, Ruo-Nan Zhang, Si-Yun Huang, Yang-di Wang, Ren-Yi Liu, Ji-Xin Meng, Jie Zhou, Zhao Chen, Jia-Yu Fang, Ren Mao, Zi-Ping Li, Can-Hui Sun, Shi-Ting Feng, Shao-Chun Lin, Ying-Kui Zhong, Xue-Hua Li
BACKGROUND: More than half of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) require at least one surgery for symptom management; however, approximately half of the patients may experience postoperative anastomotic recurrence (PAR). OBJECTIVES: This study aims to develop and validate a preoperative computed tomography enterography (CTE)-based radiomics signature to predict early PAR in CD. DESIGN: A total of 186 patients with CD (training cohort, n = 134; test cohort, n = 52) who underwent preoperative CTE and surgery between January 2014 and June 2020 were included in this retrospective multi-centre study...
March 10, 2023: European Journal of Radiology