[Results of surgical treatment of Crohn's disease].

Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition that can affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the oral cavity to the anus. The disease often manifests with varied symptoms and numerous potential complications that include intestinal strictures, enteric fistulas, intaabdominal abscesses, and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Patients with Crohn’s disease are a heterogeneous group and, consequently, the individual course of the disease is difficult to predict. Some have a rather mild form, but others suffer frequent flare-ups requiring resection, with symptoms recurring soon after surgery.