Research Article A Comparison of Outcomes for Adults and Children Undergoing Resection for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Is There a Difference?

Copyright © 2014 Christine M. Mcmullin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in the paediatric population. Since 2007, a single surgeonwhosemain practice is in the treatment of adults has performed surgery for IBD in adults and childrenwithin two dedicated multidisciplinary teams. Our aim was to assess and compare outcomes for adults and children following surgery for IBD.Methods. Analysis of a prospectively collected database was carried out to include all patients who had undergone resectional surgery for IBD between 2007 and 2012. Results. 48 adults and 30 children were included in the study. Median age for children was 14 year