Natural History of New-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Lay Summary Patients with MS and IBD were as likely to have stricturing, fistulizing, and extensive IBD as IBD controls. Although MS-IBD patients were less likely to initiate anti-TNF therapy, they did not have worsened risk of progression to surgery on follow-up.

Automated summary

Patients with both MS and IBD had similar rates of stricturing, fistulizing, and extensive IBD compared to IBD controls. Although MS-IBD patients were less likely to start anti-TNF therapy, their risk of surgery did not worsen during follow-up.