Crohn’s Disease Course and Potential Consequences of Illness
Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) are likely to experience disease progression, reduced quality of life, complications requiring additional care, possible hospitalization, and surgery.
For information on hospitalization associated with CD, please see Hospitalization in Crohn’s Disease.
For information on surgeries associated with CD, please see Surgery in Crohn’s Disease.
For information on clinical recurrence of CD after surgery, please see Clinical Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease After Surgery.
For information on short-bowel syndrome, please see Short Bowel Syndrome.
For information on mortality in CD, please see Mortality in Crohn’s Disease.
For information the risk of lymphoma and the risk of malignancy in small intestine and colon in CD, please see Risk of Malignancy in Crohn’s Disease.
Content on this page was last reviewed on October 31, 2009.
Content on this page was last changed on March 25, 2009.
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