Surgery

Your doctor may advise surgery if your IBD has not responded to drugs and/or nutritional therapies, or as an emergency if you have serious acute symptoms. Colorectal surgeons with particular expertise in IBD surgery are key members of the IBD team.

Gastroenterologists and surgeons meet regularly with radiological colleagues to plan treatment for individual patients.
An important part of this collaboration is a combined medical and surgical clinic where people considering surgery can discuss options with a consultant gastroenterologist and colorectal surgeon in the same consultation.

Our colorectal surgeons have extensive experience of a wide range of new and established surgical treatments for ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.