Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	21221
Country	Germany

Received	2015-07-01 08:39
Peer-Review Started	2015-07-04 22:20
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
Return for Revision	2015-07-28 11:37
Revised	2015-08-27 04:47
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor	2015-10-12 09:03
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief	2015-10-12 14:35
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2015-10-20 09:56
Articles in Press	2015-10-20 09:56
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2015-11-13 12:18
Publish the Manuscript Online	2016-01-15 14:54

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Topic Highlights
Article Title	Assessment of stricturing Crohn's disease: Current clinical practice and future avenues
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Dominik Bettenworth, Tobias M Nowacki, Friederike Cordes, Boris Buerke and Frank Lenze
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Frank Lenze, MD, Department of Medicine B, University Hospital of Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Building A1, D-48149 Muenster, Germany. frank.lenze@ukmuenster.de
Key Words	Crohn’s disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal stricture; Endoscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound; Computed tomography; 18F-FDG PET/CT CEUS; Elastography
Core Tip	Stricturing Crohn’s disease (CD) significantly decreases patients’ quality of life and often represents a challenging treatment situation that may lead to hospitalization and surgery. Differentiating between the predominantly inflammatory strictures and the primarily fibrotic strictures is essential for selecting the appropriate treatment approach (anti-inflammatory medical treatment vs endoscopic or surgery-based interventions). This review summarizes the available diagnostic procedures and emphasizes the use of endoscopy and imaging modalities, including ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging. Finally, promising recent imaging advances that might enable a more specific characterization of CD-associated strictures in the future are presented.
Publish Date	2016-01-15 14:54
Citation	Bettenworth D, Nowacki TM, Cordes F, Buerke B, Lenze F. Assessment of stricturing Crohn’s disease: Current clinical practice and future avenues. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(3): 1008-1016
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i3/1008.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i3.1008

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Journal Editor-in-Chief Review Report	21221-Journal editor-in-chief review report.pdf
Scientific Misconduct Check	21221-Scientific misconduct check.pdf
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