Dear ECCO friends and family,

Welcome to this interesting discussion with Dr. Tian Hong Wu first author of the exciting paper “Natural History of Crohn’s Disease Leading to Intestinal Failure: A Longitudinal Cohort Study from 1973 to 2018”. We had a great talk highlighting the most important aspects of her seminal work but also about the relevance of intestinal failure as a serious complication of Crohn’s disease, the opportunity to prevent it and how the latest developments in treatment and follow up in IBD might help this.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Spyros Siakavellas

ECCO News Associate Editor

Ignacio Catalán-Serra © ECCO

Dear ECCO Friends,

Welcome to a new interview with the National Representatives!

This time, Germany´s turn, one of the leaders in IBD in Europe. We had the pleasure to talk with Raja Atreya and Dominik Bettenworth in a wide-rage conversations covering aspects on the current status of IBD care in Germany, current Research Projects of the German IBD Society, collaboration with ECCO and potential areas of improvement.

Lastly, we exchanged impressions on the advancements in the pathophysiology of IBD, a look into the future of IBD and to the ECCO 2025 Congress in Berlin.

We hope you enjoy it!

Ignacio Catalán-Serra
ECCO News Associate Editor