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Double or triple immunosuppressive therapy was not associated with increased complications compared to monotherapy or no pharmacological treatment. Preoperative risk factors such as hypoalbuminemia, abscess, fistula, intestinal perforation, long duration of symptoms, and the intraoperative performance of more than one anastomosis were related to increased rates of postoperative complications. Factors affecting the occurrence of postoperative complications in the univariate analysis were included in the multivariate analysis using a stepwise logistic regression model, and these factors were also related to increased rates of postoperative surgical complications.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Immunosuppressive therapy was not associated with increased rates of postoperative complications following bowel resection in patients with CD.\n<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00384-022-04287-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]],"date-time":"2022-11-28T08:04:11Z","timestamp":1669622651000},"page":"2535-2542","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Effect of immunosuppressive medication on postoperative complications following abdominal surgery in Crohn\u2019s disease patients"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Saleh","family":"Lahes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Celine","family":"Fischer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonios E.","family":"Spiliotis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antje","family":"Schulz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gereon","family":"G\u00e4belein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dorian","family":"Igna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Glanemann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"4287_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1038\/ajg.2015.50","volume":"110","author":"FT Moller","year":"2015","unstructured":"Moller FT, Andersen V, Wohlfahrt J, Jess T (2015) Familial risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based color study 1977\u20132011. 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