Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Is long-term outcome of endoscopic dilatation in patients with Crohn 's disease affected by disease activity or medical therapy?
Answer: This largest series ever reported confirms that long term efficacy of endoscopic dilatation of Crohn's disease outweighs the complication risk. Neither active disease at the time of dilatation nor medical therapy afterwards predict recurrent dilatation or surgery.
Output (English): no