Journal article
Risk of Postoperative Infectious Complications From Medical Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) medications on postoperative infection risk within 30 days of surgery.
METHODS: We searched multiple electronic databases and reference lists of articles dating up to August 2018 for prospective and retrospective studies comparing postoperative infection risk in patients treated with an IBD medication perioperatively with the risk in patients who were not taking that …
Authors
Law CCY; Koh D; Bao Y; Jairath V; Narula N
Journal
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 1796–1807
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 19, 2020
DOI
10.1093/ibd/izaa020
ISSN
1078-0998