Purpose/Background: The average age of surgical patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is rising, and understanding morbidity and mortality unique to these patients is important. Optimizing perioperative risk is significant to quality of care and outcomes. We sought to utilize a national database to evaluate surgical outcomes after colectomy in elderly patients with IBD.
Methods: We queried the 2016 NSQIP Targeted Colectomy Database to identify colectomies with an associated diagnosis of either Crohn’s Disease (CD) or Ulcerative Colitis (UC). Patients were categorized by age (
Conclusion: Elderly patients with IBD that undergo a colectomy are at increased risk for both morbidity and mortality. Further prospective research may help formulate optimization strategies to help reduce this risk.
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