The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Centre is the first centre in Singapore with a dedicated multi-disciplinary team focused on the management of patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease. It serves to co-ordinate services in gastroenterology, colorectal surgery, pathology, radiology, pharmacy, nutrition, nursing and research, offering IBD patients comprehensive care.
In IBD, the goals of therapy are to attain and maintain remission, with effective treatment. Medications need to be taken on a lifelong basis. As patients with IBD are known to undergo periodic relapses and remission, the medications serve to reduce the number of relapses and complications.
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