Perioperative Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Focus on Nutritional Support

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) commonly require surgery despite the availability of an increasingly large repertoire of powerful immunosuppressive medications for the treatment of IBD. Optimizing patients’ care preoperatively is crucial to obtaining good surgical outcomes. This revie...

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Main Authors: Patrick L. Stoner, Amir Kamel, Fares Ayoub, Sanda Tan, Atif Iqbal, Sarah C. Glover, Ellen M. Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7890161