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Pyogenic Complications of Crohn’s Disease, Evaluation, and Management

  • 2008 ssat other
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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Abstract

The principal by which treatment of pyogenic complications anorectal disease is guided should rely heavily on small procedure with medical management of rectal disease and limitation of proctectomy. Management of pyogenic complications of abdominal Crohn’s by an elective approach after percutanea drainage of abscess and nutritional repletion should prevent long term complication even when its patient is receiving immune suppressive therapy.

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This paper was originally presented as part of the SSAT/AGA/ASGE State-of-the-Art Conference on Optimal Timing of Surgery for IBD at the SSAT 49th Annual Meeting, May 2008, in San Diego, CA. The other articles presented in the conference were Hodin RA, Introduction: Optimal Timing of Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; McLeod RS, Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis: Pregnancy—Before, During and After; Rubin DT, An Updated Approach to Dysplasia in IBD; and Sands BE, Fulminant Colitis.

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Fleshman, J.W. Pyogenic Complications of Crohn’s Disease, Evaluation, and Management. J Gastrointest Surg 12, 2160–2163 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-008-0673-x

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