id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-295066-76se8mxq Botti, Fiorenzo URGENT SURGERY FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN A HIGH INCIDENCE AREA - EXPERIENCE FROM A HIGH-VOLUME CENTRE 2020-08-31 .txt text/plain 1720 80 47 [4] As a tertiary referral centre for the surgical management of IBD patients, it was important to clearly define which complicated IBD cases were to be operated, by taking into account several variables including disease severity and quality of life, presence of comorbidities, feasibility of an alternative procedure. According to the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guidelines on the IBD management during the COVID-19 pandemic, [5] routine elective operations should be deferred, while emergency procedures (e.g. colectomy in acute severe ulcerative colitis [UC] or intestinal resection in septic complications of penetrating Crohn's disease [CD]) should continue. Complex surgical IBD cases should also be deferred when possible and its timing must be regularly reviewed at multidisciplinary meetings, trying to optimize medical treatment (e.g. using partial or exclusive enteral nutrition regimens or draining abscesses in combination with antibiotic therapy) and to avoid surgery or change the timing from emergency to urgent or semi-urgent. ./cache/cord-295066-76se8mxq.txt ./txt/cord-295066-76se8mxq.txt