Associations between multiple immunosuppressive treatments before surgery and surgical morbidity in patients with ulcerative colitis during the era of biologics.
Motoi UchinoHiroki IkeuchiToshihiro BandoTeruhiro ChohnoHirofumi SasakiYuki HorioRyuichi KuwaharaTomohiro MinagawaYoshiko GotoKaoru IchikiKazuhiko NakajimaYoshiko TakahashiTakashi UedaYoshio TakesuePublished in: International journal of colorectal disease (2019)
Although no correlation between pre-operative immunosuppressive therapies, except for corticosteroids, was found, selection bias may have occurred due to treatment before surgery. However, biologics, calcineurin inhibitors, and thiopurines did not affect surgical morbidity in UC.