Christopoulos-Geroulanos, G.Soutis, M.Following the diagnosis as exactly as permitted, many children will have to undergo corrective surgery, mainly dependent on the complications of CD or UC respectively and/ or the intractability to conservative therapy. Surgery may be corrective mainly in CD cases or colectomy if the disease is restricted to the large bowel for CD. In cases of UC colectomy is curative. The indication and results of surgical intervention is discussed. Key words: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Children, Surgeryapplication/pdfhttp://www.annalsgastro.gr/index.php/annalsgastro/article/view/427engHellenic Society of Gastroenterology1792-74631108-7471Annals of Gastroenterology; Volume 19, No 2 (2006)Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood: Aspects of Surgical Therapyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2007-04-05Εκπαιδευτικό υλικόEducational materialΔημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΓαστροεντερολογίαGastroenterologyisi -Gastroenterology & Hepatology covers resources on the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and pathology of the digestive system. This category includes specific resources on the prognosis and treatment of digestive diseases; stomach ulcers; metabolic, genetic, infectious and chemically induced diseases of the liver; colitis; diseases of the pancreas and diseases of the rectum.Ελληνική Γαστροεντερολογική ΕταιρίαGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)other