Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

Dear Colleagues,

Crohn’s Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, affecting about 6.8 million patients worldwide. In fact, average global prevalence rates are increasing to about 84.3 cases per 100,000, with prevalence rates > 300 cases per 100,000 in highly affected countries, with a severe impact on the health issues and quality of life of affected people. Despite great progress in medical treatment, including biological therapies, surgery still remains a key treatment in medical refractory or complicated IBD. Likewise, surgical approaches are further advancing, including new minimally invasive techniques such as robotic or single port surgery, transanal approaches, new anastomotic techniques, strategies for the avoidance of postoperative recurrence, stem cell therapy for perianal fistulas, and aspects of risk control in highly diseased and frail patients. Furthermore, patients presenting for surgery in IBD are becoming older, and oncological questions are also of rising importance.

This Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine, entitled “Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: State of the Art and Future Perspectives”, is devoted to both original research and review articles that report on novel and well-tried surgical treatment strategies in IBD.

Prof. Dr. Emile J.M. Rijcken
Dr. Philipp-Alexander Neumann
Guest Editors

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