Publications by authors named "Iciar Puchades"
Introduction: A proper quantification of the inflammatory activity in Crohn's disease (CD) lesions is needed to establish the appropriate management for each patient. The aim of this study is to evaluate the inflammatory activity of affected segments in small bowel lesions using dynamic studies of magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) in patients undergoing surgery, and their correlation with the level of inflammation and histological fibrosis of the surgical piece.
Methods: A prospective, consecutive, observational, clinical study was conducted that included all the patients with small bowel CD that underwent surgery in this center between March 2011 and September 2013.
Objective: We wanted to assess the capability of MRI to quantitatively evaluate the therapeutic response to Crohn's disease (CD) relapse.
Subjects And Methods: Twenty patients with histologically proven CD were prospectively evaluated with MRI and ileocolonoscopy over a 2-year period. The MRI protocol included axial and coronal T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted sequences.