Considerable advances in tools for the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease have been made. Despite technological progress, a new study reports that more than one-third of patients with Crohn's disease are still diagnosed with fistulizing disease intraoperatively and that the surgical management of these patients is not well characterized.
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Fichera, A. How modern is the management of fistulizing disease?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 511–512 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.109
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