Toronto—The use of steroids before surgery for ulcerative colitis is associated with greater risk for postoperative sepsis and clotting, researchers in Canada have found.
Although increased infection control measures and anticoagulation prophylaxis may reduce these adverse events, the researchers recommend using two-step procedures in this patient population.
“In the past few years, there’s been a move toward the single-step procedure for ileal pouch–anal anastomosis [