Long-term clinical observation of patients with the Crohn's disease.

The study evaluates the clinical picture and the course of affection by the Crohn's disease in a set of 144 patients, who have been observed at the Second Clinic of Internal Medicine in Olomouc since 1956. The results are similar to the analogous foreign studies in many cases. The fact that 72% of patients were at least once operated is interesting, and it only confirms the fact that the conservative treatment is not very successful, but on the other hand neither the surgical treatment can entirely solve this problem. The difficulties with diagnosis in spite of the latest examinational methods are also mentioned.