Dec-2021 Benefits of gastrointestinal ultrasound for tight monitoring and control of IBD
Speaker: Prof Gerald Rogler (University Hospital of Zurich at the airport)
Professor Rogler demonstrated the rationale of performing ultrasound to timely identify whether the patient has achieved remission, or currently is having a flare or something else, that requires dosing adjustment (or withdrawal) before diagnostic investigation is done. He further emphasized the convenience and the cost effectiveness of utilizing ultrasound for tight monitoring and control IBD, even as a clinical endpoint of therapeutic response. Four cases are demonstrated live in the use of intestinal ultrasound: 1) patient in remission reducing treatment at their request, 2) patient stoma with new flare, 3) patient with new flare, 4) patient on biologic with perianal fistula.
