Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The fellow should be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the evaluation and etiology of inflammatory bowel disease
• Describe the indications for the surgical management of inflammatory disease
• Describe the operative options for management of stricturing disease
• Describe the indication for colectomy in IBD

Resources

• Topic Summary
• Overview Articles:
  • Non-Urgent Setting: 
    • 2021 Frontiers in Medicine – Current and future medical treatment for IBD
    • 2019 Gut – Consensus guidelines for management of IBD in adults
    • 2022 Gastroenterology – Mechanisms and management of colitis associated colorectal cancer 
    • 2021 ASCRS Clinical Practice Guidelines - Ulcerative Colitis
    • 2021 ASCRS Clinical Practice Guidelines - Crohns Disease
    • 2020 ECCO Guidelines for Surgical management of CD
  • Urgent/Emergent Setting: 
    • WSES-AAST guidelines: Management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting