IBD: Management of a Painful Anal Fissure and Skin Tags in Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Aug 23, 2017 by in ABDOMINAL MEDICINE Comments Off on IBD: Management of a Painful Anal Fissure and Skin Tags in Patients with Crohn’s Disease

Patient population Intervention Comparator Key outcomes Patients with Crohn’s disease and painful anal fissure Lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) Conservative medical management (including Botox injection in internal anal sphincter) Morbidity, pain…

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Management of Pouch-Vaginal Fistulas

Aug 23, 2017 by in ABDOMINAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Management of Pouch-Vaginal Fistulas

P (patients) I (intervention) C (comparator) O (outcomes) Patients who underwent restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis and developed pouch-vaginal fistula See Table 1 Not applicable Fistula healing Pouch…

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Steroid Management in Patients Undergoing Surgery for IBD

Aug 23, 2017 by in ABDOMINAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Steroid Management in Patients Undergoing Surgery for IBD

P (patients) I (intervention) C (comparator) O (outcomes) Steroid-treated patients with or without IBD undergoing colorectal or non-colorectal surgery Low-dose perioperative steroids High-dose or stress-dose perioperative steroids Perioperative hemodynamic instability,…

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Crohn’s Colitis and Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis

Aug 23, 2017 by in ABDOMINAL MEDICINE Comments Off on Crohn’s Colitis and Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis

Patient Population Intervention Comparator Outcomes studied Crohn’s colitis Ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) Proctocolectomy/completion proctectomy with end ileostomy Pouch morbidity; pouch excision; quality of life Results There is a clear…

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