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- Gastric or intestinal obstructions are significant are could lead to possible cancers, these should be delt with as soon as possible and cannot be postponed
- These patients are on high priority for colonoscopy with minimal preparation of diagnosis by colonoscopy and biopsies
- Once COVID-19 diagnosis has been ruled out for these patients, they should be put into immediate care for obstructions
- All procedures for this scenario are available in Figure 3


Sub-Acute Obstruction in Patients with IBD

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