116. Inflammatory Bowel Disease 4 - The Surgeons Role

Published: Nov. 30, 2012, midnight

In this episode, Dr Jonathan White considers the surgical approach to inflammatory bowel disease. After listening to this podcast, learners will be able to: \xa0 \xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Describe the surgeon\u2019s approach performing surgery on patients with IBD \xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 List some of the challenges of operating on IBD \xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Differentiate between the surgical approach to CD and UC \xb7\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Outline the goals of surgery in IBD, and discriminate between emergency, urgent and elective IBD surgery