Intestinal ultrasonography in adults with Crohn's disease: a 2020 update.

In the last years intestinal ultrasonography (IUS) has increased its role in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), that include Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis. This is due to the fact that IUS is a non-invasive, inexpensive, and well-tolerated examination technique. Furthermore, it allows a real-time diagnosis with no radiation exposure.

Power Doppler sonography to predict the risk of surgical recurrence of Crohn's disease.

Purpose: The aim of this work is to investigate the role of power Doppler sonography as an additional predictor of surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Methods: A sample of 33 patients, with ileal or ileocolonic Crohn's disease, that had underwent intestinal resection, were retrospectively enrolled. All patients had bowel ultrasonography 7-16 months after resection.

Role of bowel ultrasound as a predictor of surgical recurrence of Crohn's disease.

Background: In Crohn's disease natural history, about 80% of the patients require surgery, which is not curative: unfortunately, the disease recurs in many patients.

Objective: To investigate the role of intestinal ultrasound to predict the risk of post-operative surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Material And Methods: A total of 196 patients, with ileal or ileocolonic Crohn's disease, undergoing intestinal resection, were retrospectively enrolled.