Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. in World Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 14 (17), 2678-2690
- https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.2678
Abstract
Despite the new and ever expanding array of medications for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), there are still clear indications for operative management of IBD and its complications. We present an overview of indications, procedures, considerations, and controversies in the surgical therapy of IBD.Keywords
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