title: [Use of parenteral feeding in the multimodality treatment of Crohn's disease and nonspecific ulcerative colitis].
abstract: The paper reviews publication on the use of complete parenteral feeding in the multimodality treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Complete parenteral feeding was performed in patients with skeletization and physical retardation, in severe diseases, in inefficiency or intolerance of conventional therapy with sulfanilamides and steroids, in those who had intestinal fistulas, as well in the preparation of patients for surgical treatment. The use of complete parenteral feeding, under the above circumstances allow one to achieve persistent remission, spontaneous healing of intestinal fistulas, elimination of abnormal metabolism, nutrition, constitution, water-electrolyte balance, to reduce a surgical risk and the incidence of postoperative complications and the length of patients' hospital stay.
authors.affiliation: Medical Scientific Radiological Center RAMN, Obninsk.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Sloventantor
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Khmelevskii
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000379:methods*