Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Provides an Effective Bridge to Safer Interval Elective Surgery for Adults With Crohn's Disease
Abstract
Heerasing, N., Thompson, B., Hendy, P., Heap, G. A., Walker, G., Bethune, R., Mansfield, S., Calvert, C., Kennedy, N. A., Ahmad, T., & Goodhand, J. R. (2017). Exclusive enteral nutrition provides an effective bridge to safer interval elective surgery for adults with Crohn’s disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 45(5), 660–669. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13934
Exclusive enteral nutrition frequently down-stages the need for surgery in patients presenting with stricturing or penetrating complications of Crohn's disease; it is associated with a reduction in systemic inflammation, operative times and the incidence of post-operative abscess or anastomotic leak.
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