Surgical care of the pediatric Crohn ’s disease patient

Despite the significant advances in the medical management of inflammatory bowel disease over the last decade, surgery continues to play a major role in the management of pediatric Crohn ’s disease (CD). While adult and pediatric Crohn’s disease may share many clinical characteristics, pediatric Crohn’s patients often have a more aggressive phenotype, and the operative care given by the pediatric surgeon to the newly diagnosed Crohn’s patient is very different in nature to t he surgical needs of adult patients after decades of disease progression.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Surgery - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Source Type: research