date: “2024-01-01” title: Surgery of inflammatory bowel disease alias: op-IBD

Surgery of inflammatory bowel disease

  • UC: colectomy if sx refractory to or intolerable side effects from meds, CRC, perforation, toxic megacolon, uncontrolled hemorrhage. Often ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA).

  • CD: resection if refractory; surgery for strictures; diverting ileostomy for perineal disease