Does immunosuppressive therapy increase operative morbidity in patients with Crohn 's disease?
In our series, single agent and combination immunosuppressive therapy given around the time of intestinal surgery did not increase the incidence of surgical complications in patients with Crohn's disease.
The relationship between the administration of GC and middle ear inflammation, and the possible role of POV in the etiology of poststapedectomy granuloma are emphasized with our experimental study. The length of the TP may be considerably important to prevent POV which may lead to gastric reflux to the middle ear.