Authors: Kane SV, Flicker M, Katz-Nelson F.

Institution: University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA. skane@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

GOALS: To study the association between tobacco exposure and postoperative clinical recurrence in Crohn's disease patients and quantify the time to clinical relapse following surgical resection.

Background: It is well accepted that cigarette smoking has a negative impact on postoperative course in Crohn's disease. However, the effect of smoking to hasten clinical recurrence has not been clearly delineated.

Conclusion: Smoking is associated with clinical recurrence of Crohn's disease, and the time to clinical recurrence in smokers is shorter. Strategies for smoking cessation are warranted.

Study link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15599207&query_hl=20&itool=pubmed_docsum

• Tobacco Use is Associated with Accelerated Clinical Recurrence of Crohn's Disease After Surgically Induced Remission
• Cigarette Smoking in Crohn's Disease
• Smoking Habits and Recurrence in Crohn's Disease
• Smoking and Crohn's Disease