Surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease in China: a systematic review of two decades.
- Author:
Qiao YU
1
;
Ren MAO
;
Lei LIAN
;
Siew chien NG
;
Shenghong ZHANG
;
Zhihui CHEN
;
Yanyan ZHANG
;
Yun QIU
;
Baili CHEN
;
Yao HE
;
Zhirong ZENG
;
Shomron BEN-HORIN
;
Xinming SONG
;
Minhu CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease; General surgery; China; Systematic review
- MeSH: Appendicitis; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; China*; Colitis, Ulcerative; Crohn Disease; Diagnostic Errors; Emergencies; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Incidence; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases*; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Postoperative Complications; Prevalence; Prospective Studies
- From:Intestinal Research 2016;14(4):322-332
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: The past decades have seen increasing incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in China. This article aimed to summarize the current status and characteristics of surgical management for IBD in China. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Embase, and Chinese databases from January 1, 1990 to July 1, 2014 for all relevant studies on the surgical treatment IBD in China. Eligible studies with sufficient defined variables were further reviewed for primary and secondary outcome measures. RESULTS: A total of 74 studies comprising 2,007 subjects with Crohn's disease (CD) and 1,085 subjects with ulcerative colitis (UC) were included. The percentage of CD patients misdiagnosed before surgery, including misdiagnosis as appendicitis or UC, was 50.8%±30.9% (578/1,268). The overall postoperative complication rate was 22.3%±13.0% (267/1,501). For studies of UC, the overall postoperative complication rate was 22.2%±27.9% (176/725). In large research centers (n>50 surgical cases), the rates of emergency operations for CD (P=0.032) and in-hospital mortalities resulting from both CD and UC were much lower than those in smaller research centers (n≤50 surgical cases) (P=0.026 and P <0.001, respectively). Regarding the changes in CD and UC surgery over time, postoperative complications (P=0.045 for CD; P=0.020 for UC) and postoperative in-hospital mortality (P=0.0002 for CD; P=0.0160 for UC) both significantly improved after the year 2010. CONCLUSIONS: The surgical management of IBD in China has improved over time. However, the rates of misdiagnosis and postoperative complications over the past two decades have remained high. Large research centers were found to have relatively better capacity for surgical management than the smaller ones. Higher quality prospective studies are needed in China.
