Safety of Preoperative Tumor Necrosis Factor  Inhibitor Exposure in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Undergoing Intra-abdominal Surgery

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BL Cohen et al. Gastroenterol; 2022; 163: 204-221. Prospective Cohort Study to Investigate the Safety of Preoperative Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Exposure in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Undergoing Intra-abdominal Surgery

Key finding:

  • Preoperative TNFi exposure was not associated with postoperative infectious complications in a large prospective multicenter cohort. Any infection (18.1% vs 20.2%, P = .469) and SSI (12.0% vs 12.6%, P = .889) rates were similar in patients currently exposed to TNFis and those unexposed.