Davide Giuseppe Ribaldone, Teresa Cammarota, Andrea Resegotti, Antonino Sarno, Daniela Robotti, Paola Debani, Giovanni Bonenti, Francesca Bresso, Rinaldo Pellicano, Alessandro Adriani, Carlo Sguazzini, Stefania Reggiani, Marco Astegiano
PURPOSE: The aim of this work is to investigate the role of power Doppler sonography as an additional predictor of surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease. METHODS: A sample of 33 patients, with ileal or ileocolonic Crohn's disease, that had underwent intestinal resection, were retrospectively enrolled. All patients had bowel ultrasonography 7-16 months after resection. Power Doppler sonography of the preanastomotic ileum was evaluated as a possible prognostication tool to assess the risk of long-term need for reoperation...
March 2015: Journal of Ultrasound