scholarly journals Perioperative Use of Vedolizumab in Crohn’s Disease Patients and Surgical Outcomes

Author(s):  
Mohammed Alfawaz

Despite advancement in managing Crohn’s disease (CD), a considerable proportion of cases still need surgical intervention, which is an essential means in therapy algorithms. Other drugs of the biologics are recently available, while most CD cases having operations have previously received a drug of this class. This class of agents has a direct association with higher postoperative complication rates, which raises a lot of controversies. In this review summarize the essential data concerning the vedolizumab effect on CD’s postoperative results. The previous data did not demonstrate a cause-effect absolute connection between the increased postoperative morbidities and vedolizumab. Many routing factors unquestionably affect CD’s postoperative outcomes and complications, like malnutrition, unsuitable abdominal settings, and steroids’ previous use. Using vedolizumab perioperatively seems safe. Nevertheless, a definitive relationship from the available data is controversial. Personalized, multidisciplinary evaluations and decisions should be made for each case independently, adjusting the surgical plan regarding the involved risk factors.

2003 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. A207
Author(s):  
Ludwig Marchal ◽  
Geert D'Haens ◽  
Gert Van Assche ◽  
Martin Hiele ◽  
Andre D'Hoore ◽  
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2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Beatriz Yuki Maruyama ◽  
Christopher Ma ◽  
Remo Panaccione ◽  
Paulo Gustavo Kotze

<b><i>Background:</i></b> Despite reductions in surgical rates that have been observed with earlier use of biological therapy, surgery still constitutes an important tool in the therapeutic armamentarium in Crohn’s disease (CD), particularly in patients with stenotic and penetrating phenotypes. In these scenarios, early surgical intervention is recommended, as bowel damage is present and irreversible, leading to lower efficacy with biologics. <b><i>Summary:</i></b> The concept of early surgery in CD supposes the possible advantages of better surgical outcomes in luminal CD after initial resection. Optimal timing of surgical intervention is associated with better postoperative outcomes, whilst delays can lead to more technically difficult and extensive procedures, which may result in an increase in postoperative complication rates and higher rates of stoma formation. Furthermore, data from the LIR!C trial have demonstrated that early surgery in luminal localized inflammatory ileocecal CD is an adequate alternative to medical therapy, with lower societal costs in the long term. In this review, we discuss the position of early resection in ileocecal CD by critically reviewing available data, describing the ideal patients to be considered for early surgery, and weighing the potential advantages and disadvantages of an early surgery paradigm. <b><i>Key Messages:</i></b> While early surgery may not be the right choice for every patient, the ultimate decision regarding whether surgical or medical therapy should come first in the treatment paradigm must be individualized for each patient based on the disease characteristics, phenotype, risk factors, and personal preference. This highlights the importance of the multidisciplinary team, which remains a key pillar in deciding the overall management plan for patients with CD.


Author(s):  
Ilker Ozgur ◽  
Bora Karip ◽  
Cemil Burak Kulle ◽  
Bilger Cavus ◽  
Recep Ercin Sonmez ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Crohn’s disease needs a multidisciplinary approach and surgery will ultimately be necessary for most patients. Complications usually occur after surgery. Objective : This study aims to present complication rates in surgically treated Crohn's disease patients at a single institution and to determine possible risk factors. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 112 consecutive surgery performed on Crohn’s disease patients between 2003 and 2015. The demographic data, patient and disease characteristics, surgery type, and complications were analyzed. Results: Of 112 patients, 64 (57.1%) were male and 48 (42.9%) were female. The mean age was 34 (18-78) years. The mean follow-up was 114±32.4 (61-197) months. The most common early complications were intra-abdominal abscess formation (n=10, 8.9%) and wound infection (n=7, 6.26%). The incisional hernia was the most common late complication (n=4, 3.6%). Non-modifiable disease features associated with complications were colonic involvement of the disease (p=0.001), penetrating disease character (p=0.037), stoma formation (p=0.000), fistula (p=0.008) and concomitant fistula and intra-abdominal abscess (p=0.043) existence. Stoma formation was found to be an independent risk factor for complications (p=0.001). Conclusions: Colonic involvement, penetrating disease, fistula, concomitant abscess and fistula, and stoma formation were identified as non-modifiable risk factors for complications after surgery for Crohn’s disease.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burton I Korelitz ◽  
Judy Schneider

Abstract We present a bird’s eye view of the prognosis for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease as contained in the database of an Inflammatory Bowel Disease gastroenterologist covering the period from 1950 until the present utilizing the variables of medical therapy, surgical intervention, complications and deaths by decades.


Author(s):  
Christian Stöss ◽  
Maximilian Berlet ◽  
Stefan Reischl ◽  
Ulrich Nitsche ◽  
Marie-Christin Weber ◽  
...  

Abstract Purpose Despite primary conservative therapy for Crohn’s disease, a considerable proportion of patients ultimately needs to undergo surgery. Presumably, due to the increased use of biologics, the number of surgeries might have decreased. This study aimed to delineate current case numbers and trends in surgery in the era of biological therapy for Crohn’s disease. Methods Nationwide standardized hospital discharge data (diagnosis-related groups statistics) from 2010 to 2017 were used. All patients who were admitted as inpatient Crohn’s disease cases in Germany were included. Time-related development of admission numbers, rate of surgery, morbidity, and mortality of inpatient Crohn’s disease cases were analyzed. Results A total number of 201,165 Crohn’s disease cases were included. Within the analyzed time period, the total number of hospital admissions increased by 10.6% (n = 23,301 vs. 26,069). While gender and age distribution remained comparable, patients with comorbidities such as stenosis formation (2010: 10.1%, 2017: 13.4%) or malnutrition (2010: 0.8%, 2017: 3.2%) were increasingly admitted. The total number of all analyzed operations for Crohn’s disease increased by 7.5% (2010: n = 1567; 2017: n = 1694). On average, 6.8 ± 0.2% of all inpatient patients received ileocolonic resections. Procedures have increasingly been performed minimally invasive (2010: n = 353; 2017: n = 687). The number of postoperative complications remained low. Conclusion Despite the development of novel immunotherapeutics, the number of patients requiring surgery for Crohn’s disease remains stable. Interestingly, patients have been increasingly hospitalized with stenosis and malnutrition. The trend towards more minimally invasive operations has not relevantly changed the rate of overall complications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (20) ◽  
pp. 3498-3513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie G Pouget ◽  
Buhm Han ◽  
Yang Wu ◽  
Emmanuel Mignot ◽  
Hanna M Ollila ◽  
...  

Abstract Many immune diseases occur at different rates among people with schizophrenia compared to the general population. Here, we evaluated whether this phenomenon might be explained by shared genetic risk factors. We used data from large genome-wide association studies to compare the genetic architecture of schizophrenia to 19 immune diseases. First, we evaluated the association with schizophrenia of 581 variants previously reported to be associated with immune diseases at genome-wide significance. We identified five variants with potentially pleiotropic effects. While colocalization analyses were inconclusive, functional characterization of these variants provided the strongest evidence for a model in which genetic variation at rs1734907 modulates risk of schizophrenia and Crohn’s disease via altered methylation and expression of EPHB4—a gene whose protein product guides the migration of neuronal axons in the brain and the migration of lymphocytes towards infected cells in the immune system. Next, we investigated genome-wide sharing of common variants between schizophrenia and immune diseases using cross-trait LD score regression. Of the 11 immune diseases with available genome-wide summary statistics, we observed genetic correlation between six immune diseases and schizophrenia: inflammatory bowel disease (rg = 0.12 ± 0.03, P = 2.49 × 10−4), Crohn’s disease (rg = 0.097 ± 0.06, P = 3.27 × 10−3), ulcerative colitis (rg = 0.11 ± 0.04, P = 4.05 × 10–3), primary biliary cirrhosis (rg = 0.13 ± 0.05, P = 3.98 × 10−3), psoriasis (rg = 0.18 ± 0.07, P = 7.78 × 10–3) and systemic lupus erythematosus (rg = 0.13 ± 0.05, P = 3.76 × 10–3). With the exception of ulcerative colitis, the degree and direction of these genetic correlations were consistent with the expected phenotypic correlation based on epidemiological data. Our findings suggest shared genetic risk factors contribute to the epidemiological association of certain immune diseases and schizophrenia.


2000 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. A122
Author(s):  
F.A. Balzola ◽  
B. Demarchi ◽  
F. Bresso ◽  
L. Bertolusso ◽  
N. Sapone ◽  
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