New Surgery and Hospital-diagnosed Infections in Elderly Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Undergoing Surgery: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Bente Mertz Nørgård,
Olav Sivertsen Garvik,
Floor Dijkstra Zegers
et al.
Abstract:Background
Elderly patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are fragile in many aspects. Therefore, in these patients, we studied post-operative complications (new abdominal surgery and serious infections after the first IBD surgery).
Methods
This is a nationwide cohort study based on Danish health registries and included patients with IBD undergoing surgery. The study population was split into ulcerative colitis (UC) a… Show more
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