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Despite the widespread use of medical therapy in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), up to 30 % of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 70 % of patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) will require intra-abdominal surgery. Patients with IBD are at risk for postoperative complications including surgical site infection, intra-abdominal abscess, bacteremia, strictures and fistulae, small bowel obstruction, portal vein thrombosis, and poor wound healing including anastomotic leak and wound dehiscence.

This chapter focuses on evidence for IBD patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery; however, the medication recommendations are applicable for IBD patients undergoing other types of surgery.

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  1. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Gabrielle Berger M.D.

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Berger, G. (2015). Inflammatory Bowel Disease. In: Jackson, M.B., Mookherjee, S., Hamlin, N.P. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09366-6_17

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