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Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Provides an Effective Bridge to Safer Interval Elective Surgery for Adults With Crohn's Disease
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Title
Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Provides an Effective Bridge to Safer Interval Elective Surgery for Adults With Crohn's Disease
Type of Article
Primary Research
Diets studied
EEN
Date
March 1, 2017
Author(s)
Heerasing N et al
Publication
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Citation
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
ISSN Number
02692813
Volume
45
Pages
660-669
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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