There are a number of ongoing guidelines projects:
- Guideline for management of pilonidal disease
- SSI & UEG (EAES & SIS-E) guideline
- T1 cancer guideline
- Functional outcome after colorectal surgery
Other projects:
Guideline for management of pilonidal disease
Led by Asha Senapati
July 2024 Update: Submitted for publication.
SSI & UEG (EAES & SIS-E) guideline
Led by Adele Sayer & Yasuko Maeda
July 2024 Update:
GRADE Evidence to Decision table has been completed.
We are ready to circulate it among panel members hopefully in July and aiming to submit it to UEGJ end of July.
The change to timeline as above was explained and approved by UEG QCC.
T1 cancer guideline
Led by José Azevedo
July 2024 Update:
1st subgroup meeting difficult due to lack of available data. Mini online Delphi planned. Other sub groups and recommendations will be done in the next 2 weeks, and meetings with subgroup leaders and experts planned.
Functional outcome after colorectal surgery
Led by Stéphanie Breukink
July 2024 Update:
Submitted – they are working on revisions and all going to plan.
UEG GI Guidelines App
Get top diagnosis and treatment recommendations with the first guidelines app of its kind in gastroenterology.
With more than 25,000 downloads and counting, UEG’s free GI Guidelines App includes capabilities that did not previously exist, in terms of both functionality and amount of resources in one place. The app contains guidelines in the areas of endoscopy, hepatobiliary, neurogastroenterology, oesophagus, paediatrics, pancreas, nutrition, surgery and many more. Available for download on Android and iPhone devices.
Key features include:
- Interactive diagnosis and treatment algorithms
- Scores and calculators
- Full guideline texts with bookmark and notes function
- Executive summaries of the most important recommendations of each guideline
- Visual abstracts
- Possibility to share your favourite content via WhatsApp, email and social media
Committee Update 2023
ESCP’s Guidelines Committee continues to thrive. Stéphanie Breukink stepped down as Chair in September, being replaced by long standing Guidelines committee member Triantafyllos Doulias.
The following guidelines were presented at Vilnius 2023:
- European guideline on prevention, assessment and treatment of surgical site infections following digestive surgery: UEG, ESCP, EASE and SIS-E consensus | Adele Sayers
- A multidisciplinary European Guideline on the assessment and management of gastrointestinal outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer (EAES/ ESPCG/ ESPEN/ ESNM/ ESSO/ ESCP) Anke Gielen
- EHS- ESCP-EAES rapid guideline: parastomal hernia profylaxis | Stavros Antoniou
- Guideline for the management of Pilonidal Disease | Asha Senapati
