Anorectal Crohn’s Disease
Key Concepts
- Control sepsis: Infection must be addressed before starting immunosuppressive medications.
- Treat underlying luminal disease and control diarrhea, but avoid steroids for perianal Crohn’s disease.
- Perineal care: Perineal hygiene should include gentle cleansing with sitz baths or showers and skin protection with barrier creams.
- Avoid surgery in patients who are asymptomatic or in the setting of active proctitis.
- In patients who are optimized, fistulas may be treated with long-term draining setons, advancement flaps, or LIFT.
- Skin tags or hemorrhoids should generally not be treated.
- Diversion may appropriate as component of the management of perianal Crohn’s disease for some patients.
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Last updated: January 26, 2022
Citation
Steinhagen, Emily, and Andrea C Bafford. "Anorectal Crohn’s Disease." ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2022. ASCRS U, www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285042/all/Anorectal_Crohn’s_Disease.
Steinhagen E, Bafford AC. Anorectal Crohn’s Disease. ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. 2022. https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285042/all/Anorectal_Crohn’s_Disease. Accessed December 9, 2023.
Steinhagen, E., & Bafford, A. C. (2022). Anorectal Crohn’s Disease. In ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285042/all/Anorectal_Crohn’s_Disease
Steinhagen E, Bafford AC. Anorectal Crohn’s Disease [Internet]. In: ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery. ; 2022. [cited 2023 December 09]. Available from: https://www.ascrsu.com/ascrs/view/ASCRS-Textbook-of-Colon-and-Rectal-Surgery/2285042/all/Anorectal_Crohn’s_Disease.
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