P158 Outcome of inflammatory bowel disease strictures

Abstract

Although strictures are the most common complication of inflammatory bowel disease their natural history is not known. Strictures reflect sites of intense active inflammation as well as fibrosis. There are very few data on whether drug therapy has any impact on their progression, but recent preliminary data suggest that anti-TNF therapy may improve stricture-related symptoms and the need for surgery.1 We have assessed the outcomes of patients with an IBD-associated stricture. Patients diagnosed with their IBD-related first stricture between 2011 and 2016, and who had a minimum of 12 months follow-up, were identified from radiology and clinical records. Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) s..