Long-term efficacy of infliximab maintenance therapy for perianal Crohn&rsquo;s disease

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2011; 17(9): 1174-1179
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1174

Table 1 Patients' characteristics n (%)

	Surgery + infliximab (n = 26)	Surgery alone (n = 36)	P value
Male:Female	16:10	27:9	0.26
Age at initial surgery (median years and range)	27.5 (16-55)	27.5 (16-41)	0.73
Duration from onset of perianal lesion (median month and range)	45 (2.5-275.5)	120 (26.5-339.5)	< 0.01
Duration from initial surgery for perianal lesion	28.2 (0.57-62.4)	74.5 (7.4-218.9)	< 0.01
(median month and range)	28.2 (0.57-62.4)	74.5 (7.4-218.9)	< 0.01
Types of fistula
Intrasphincteric	7 (26.9)	4 (11.1)	0.11
Transsphincteric	12 (46.2)	16 (44.4)	0.89
Suprasphincteric	4 (15.4)	8 (22.2)	0.5
Extrasphincteric	3 (11.5)	8 (22.2)	0.28
Anorectal stricture	19 (73.1)	21 (58.3)	0.23
Current smoking	8 (30.8)	16 (44.4)	0.28

Data are numbers with percentage in parentheses unless otherwise indicated.

Citation: Uchino M, Ikeuchi H, Bando T, Matsuoka H, Takesue Y, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto T, Tomita N. Long-term efficacy of infliximab maintenance therapy for perianal Crohn’s disease. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(9): 1174-1179
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v17/i9/1174.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1174

Uchino M, Ikeuchi H, Bando T, Matsuoka H, Takesue Y, Takahashi Y, Matsumoto T, Tomita N. Long-term efficacy of infliximab maintenance therapy for perianal Crohn’s disease. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17(9): 1174-1179 [PMID: 21448422 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1174]

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