scholarly journals P058 INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Lovén ◽  
Rune Erichsen ◽  
Anders Tøttrup ◽  
Thue Bisgaard

Abstract Aim Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are likely to undergo several abdominal operations and may thus be at increased risk for incisional hernia repair (IHR). The aim of the present study was to investigate risk and predictors of IHR in patients undergoing surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD). Material and Methods Nationwide register-based study (1996-2018). Patients were followed from date of first abdominal operation until the date of the first IHR. Cumulative incidence proportion were estimated treating death as competing risk. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to explore pre-study defined predictors of IHR. Results Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are likely to undergo several abdominal operations and may thus be at increased risk for incisional hernia repair (IHR). The present study analyzed the risk and predictors of IHR in patients undergoing surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD). Conclusions The risk for incisional hernia repair is relatively low after IBD-surgery, although increased in UC compared with CD patients. Hernia repair predictors varied between UC and CD patients.

2017 ◽  
Vol 214 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas M. Heimann ◽  
Santosh Swaminathan ◽  
Adrian J. Greenstein ◽  
Alexander J. Greenstein ◽  
Randolph M. Steinhagen

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders M Ekbom

There is an increased risk of cancer in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. In 3121 patients with ulcerative colitis, 225 cases of cancer were diagnosed compared with 142.1 expected (standardized incidence ratio [SIR] 1.6, 95% CI 1.4 to 1.8), and in 1655 patients with Crohn's disease, 58 cases of cancer were detected compared with 47.1 expected (SIR 1.2, 95% CI 0.9 to 1.6). After excluding colorectal cancer the observed number of malignancies was very close to that expected for ulcerative colitis (SIR 1.0, 95% CI 0.9 to 1.2) and for Crohn's disease (SIR 1.1, 95% CI 0.8 to 1.5). Thus, the increased risk of cancer in inflammatory bowel disease is confined to colorectal cancer. In Crohn's disease 12 cases of colorectal cancer were observed (SIR 2.5, 95% CI 1.3 to 4.3). The increased risk was confined to those with colonic involvement and young age at diagnosis. In patients with colonic involvement and younger than age 30 years at diagnosis, the SIR was 20.9 (95% CI 6.8 to 48.7) versus 2.2 for those older than 30 years at diagnosis (95% CI 0.6 to 5.7). In ulcerative colitis 91 cases of colorectal cancer were observed with an SIR of 5.7 (95% CI 4.6 to 7.0). Extensive disease and young age at diagnosis were independent risk factors. Pancolitis at diagnosis resulted in an SIR of 14.8 (95% CI 11.4 to 18.9), 2.8 in left-sided colitis (95% CI 1.6 to 4.4) and 1.7 in proctitis (95% CI 0.8 to 3.2). There is great variation in the risk estimates in different studies worldwide. Different treatment strategies could be an explanation, a hypothesis that was substantiated in a study of 102 cases of colorectal cancer among patients with ulcerative colitis compared with 196 controls. Pharmacological therapy with sulfasalazine entailed a strong protective effect against colorectal cancer (relative risk of 0.34, 95% CI 0.190 to 0.62).


1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 422-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Benoni

During the pa t decade, smoking habit has been identified as a major exogenous factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is associated not only with the development of the disease but al o with the clinical course in established disease. IBD combines absolute opposites as smoking is associated with Crohn’s disease and nonsmoking or former smoking with ulcerative colitis. The first reports of a negative association between smoking and ulcerative colitis were based on independent, clinical observations; from those studies a positive association was found between smoking and Crohn’s disease. Epidemiological studies that followed consistently showed that smokers have a reduced risk of ulcerative colitis and an increased risk of Crohn’s disease and that exsmokers have an increased risk of ulcerative colitis. In ulcerative colitis, but not in Crohn’s disease, a dose-response pattern has been demonstrated. Changes in clinical course, in disease severity and extension, and in recurrence rate indicate substantial clinical effects of smoking with a protective effect of smoking in ulcerative colitis and an aggravating effect in Crohn’s disease. There are also indications of smoking’s effects on changes in IBD epidemiology and sex distribution. The biological explanation to the finding is unknown. Smoking may aggravate Crohn’s disease by vascular effects. Theories on the protective effect in ulcerative colitis include effects on immune and inflammatory response, on mucus and on intestinal permeability. Possibly, beneficial effects in ulcerative colitis are exerted by nicotine but further studies are needed. Due to overall negative effects of smoking, IBD patients should not smoke. It seems, however, reasonable to give individual advice in patients with ulcerative colitis who have experienced a beneficial effect of ·making considering both current health status and life situation.


Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2700
Author(s):  
Marie Bak ◽  
Tine Jess ◽  
Esben Meulengracht Flachs ◽  
Ann-Dorthe Zwisler ◽  
Knud Juel ◽  
...  

An association between hematological cancers and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has previously been suggested, but the risk of IBD in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) is unknown. We conducted a nationwide population-based cohort study using Danish registries, to estimate the risk of IBD in individuals diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis or unclassifiable MPN during 1994–2013. MPN patients were matched 1:10 with sex- and age-matched comparisons. Everyone was followed until a diagnosis of IBD, death/emigration, or 31 December 2013. The risk of IBD overall and according to MPN subtype was calculated using Cox regression and presented as hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Of 8207 MPN patients followed for 45,232 person-years, 80 were diagnosed with IBD (61 ulcerative colitis, 19 Crohn’s disease). The rate of IBD per 1000 person-years was 1.8 (95% CI:1.4–2.2) in patients vs. 0.8 (95% CI:0.7–0.8) in comparisons, and the absolute 10-year risk of IBD was 0.8% (95% CI:0.6–1.0) in patients vs. 0.4% (95% CI:0.4–0.5) in comparisons. The HR of IBD was 2.4 (95% CI:2.1–2.9) with similar HRs for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. MPN subtype risks varied from 2.1 (95% CI:1.6–2.7) to 2.8 (95% CI:2.1–3.7). Our unselected cohort study showed a more than 2-fold increased risk of IBD in MPN patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah S. Abdul-Hussein ◽  
Ekhlass N. Ali ◽  
Neihaya H. Zaki ◽  
Ali H. Ad’hiah

Abstract Background Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) has been proposed to influence susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Therefore, the genetic association between HLA-G alleles and two clinical phenotypes of IBD (ulcerative colitis [UC] and Crohn’s disease [CD]) was evaluated in Iraqi patients. A case-control study was performed on 50 UC and 50 CD patients and 100 healthy controls (HC). Three HLA-G alleles (G*01:03, G*01:04, and G*01:05N) were determined using sequence-specific polymerase chain reaction assay followed by product digestion with restriction endonucleases (Hinf-I, BseR-I, and PpuM-I, respectively). Results The G*01:03 allele was not detected in IBD patients (UC and CD) or HC, while G*01:04 and G*01:05N alleles showed polymorphic frequencies. The allele G*01:04 was significantly associated with susceptibility to UC (odds ratio [OR] = 2.55; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.27–5.13; corrected probability [pc] = 0.018) and CD (OR = 4.45; 95% CI = 2.11–9.41; pc < 0.001). The allele G*01:05N was also associated with increased risk of UC (OR = 4.17; 95% CI = 1.32–13.21; pc = 0.032) and CD (OR = 4.75; 95% CI = 1.53–14.78; pc = 0.014). These associations were more pronounced in IBD (UC + CD), and a significantly increased risk for IBD was found with the alleles G*01:04 (OR = 3.32; 95% CI = 1.86–5.95; pc < 0.001) and G*01:05N (OR = 4.46; 95% CI = 1.59–12.47; pc = 0.008). A stratification of IBD patients according to some demographic and clinical characteristics revealed that frequencies of both alleles showed no significant differences between the subgroups of patients in each stratum. Soluble HLA-G was not influenced by HLA-G alleles in patients or HC. UC was an exception, and the presence of G*01:04 allele was associated with a significantly higher mean of soluble HLA-G compared to patients without the allele (189.6 ± 24.0 vs. 168.6 ± 27.2 ng/mL; p = 0.033). Conclusion This study indicated that HLA-G*01:04 and HLA-G*01:05N alleles may influence susceptibility to UC and CD in Iraqi patients.


Gut ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. gutjnl-2019-320185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Stournaras ◽  
Wendi Qian ◽  
Apostolos Pappas ◽  
You Yi Hong ◽  
Rasha Shawky ◽  
...  

ObjectiveThiopurines are widely used as maintenance therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but the evidence base for their use is sparse and their role increasingly questioned. Using the largest series reported to date, we assessed the long-term effectiveness of thiopurines in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), including their impact on need for surgery.DesignOutcomes were assessed in 11 928 patients (4968 UC, 6960 CD) in the UK IBD BioResource initiated on thiopurine monotherapy with the intention of maintaining medically induced remission. Effectiveness was assessed retrospectively using patient-level data and a definition that required avoidance of escalation to biological therapy or surgery while on thiopurines. Analyses included overall effectiveness, time-to-event analysis for treatment escalation and comparison of surgery rates in patients tolerant or intolerant of thiopurines.ResultsUsing 68 132 patient-years of exposure, thiopurine monotherapy appeared effective for the duration of treatment in 2617/4968 (52.7%) patients with UC compared with 2378/6960 (34.2%) patients with CD (p<0.0001). This difference was corroborated in a multivariable analysis: after adjusting for variables including treatment era, thiopurine monotherapy was less effective in CD than UC (OR 0.47, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.51, p<0.0001). Thiopurine intolerance was associated with increased risk of surgery in UC (HR 2.44, p<0.0001); with a more modest impact on need for surgery in CD (HR=1.23, p=0.0015).ConclusionThiopurine monotherapy is an effective long-term treatment for UC but significantly less effective in CD.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Gao ◽  
Yu Tang ◽  
Na Lei ◽  
Ying Luo ◽  
Pingrun Chen ◽  
...  

AbstractStudies have demonstrated that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are at an increased risk of developing anxiety and/or depression. IBD patients with depression/anxiety have higher rates of hospitalization and increased disease severity than those without. So far, there is a paucity of data concerning the impact of anxiety/depression on Chinese IBD patients. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety/depression in Chinese IBD population and its impact on IBD-related features. This is a cross-sectional study from the southwest China IBD referral center. Eligible participants were divided into those with symptoms of anxiety/depression and those without based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Demographic data and disease duration, IBD-related surgery, tobacco use, extra-intestinal manifestations, disease activity scores, endoscopic evaluation, laboratory data and current medication use were compared between two groups. A total of 341 IBD patients [221 Crohn’s disease (CD) and 120 ulcerative colitis (UC)] were included. The prevalence of symptoms of anxiety/depression in IBD was 33.1%. CD patients with symptoms of anxiety/depression tended to have higher scores of simple endoscopic scores for Crohn’s disease (SES-CD) (p = 0.0005). UC patients with symptoms of anxiety/depression had a significantly higher Mayo score (p = 0.0017) and ulcerative colitis endoscopic index of severity (UCEIS) (p < 0.0001) than their non-anxiety/depression counterparts. CD-related surgery (p = 0.012) and Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) (p < 0.0001) were identified as independent risk factors for symptoms of anxiety/depression in CD, while corticosteroid use (p = 0.036) as an independent risk factor for symptoms of anxiety/depression in UC. This study helps our understanding of the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety/depression in IBD patients and its impact on IBD course and reminds us to pay more attention on IBD management with anxiety/depression.


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