Abstract:Background
Ileocolic resection (ICR) is performed for Crohn’s disease (CD) patients with terminal ileitis requiring surgery. Current National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data is lacking specificity around IBD surgery, including stoma formation and biologic therapies. The NSQIP IBD Collaborative (NSQIP-IBD) is a multicenter working group formed to better collect and analyze perioperative data unique to IBD patients under the auspices of NSQIP. We present retrospective analysis… Show more
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