Clinical and paraclinical characteristics of children operated on for Crohn’s disease
| Characteristic | Postoperative recurrence (n=12) | No postoperative recurrence (n=18) |
| Age (years) at diagnosis of Crohn’s disease | 11.8 (2) | 12.4 (1.8) |
| Age (years) at surgery | 15.3 | 15.4 |
| Duration (years) of preoperative Crohn’s disease | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Surgical indication | ||
| Perforation | 2 | 1 |
| Severe perianal disease | 0 | 1 |
| Abscess | 1 | 0 |
| Ileocolonic fistula | 2 | 1 |
| Intractable pancolitis | 3 | 2 |
| Persistent stricture | 9 | 15 |
| Ileal | 6 | 14 |
| Colonic | 3 | 1 |
| Sites of Crohn’s disease | ||
| Ileal | 2 | 4 |
| Ileocaecal | 2 | 5 |
| Ileocolonic | 8 | 9 |
| Extent of Crohn’s disease | ||
| Perianal | 6 | 6 |
| Upper intestine | 12 | 5 |
| Faecal diversion | 3 | 4 |
| Ileostomy | 2 | 3 |
| Sigmoidostomy | 3 | 2 |
| Duration (months) of enterostomy | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| Immediate postoperative mobidity | 2 | 0 |
| Long term surgical complication | 1 | 1 |
| Weaning off nutritional assistance (months) | 5.9 | 3.7 |
| Weaning off steroids (months) | 4.5 | 1.8 |
| Postoperative preventive treatment | 6 | 8 |
| Duration (years) of follow up | 8.3 | 5 |