5. Surgery and IBD

To understand the indications for surgery in IBD and the importance of good medical- surgical liaison in good decision-making


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5.1.  Understands the indications for surgery in active disease, and for complications including stricturing and penetrating disease

5.2.  Understands the role of surgery in the management of disease-associated dysplasia

5.3.  Understands the importance of pre-operative optimisation

5.4.  Understands the impact of concomitant medication on surgical outcome

5.5.  Understands different surgical approaches such as

  • Methods of bowel-preserving surgery in Crohn’s disease 
  • The different long term options after subtotal colectomy in UC

5.6.  Recognises that early liaison with surgeons is important in high quality patient management


Combined approach for intestinal sparing in CD?

P Kotze

ECCO 2017 Barcelona Congress

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Topic 5.5State of the art