Impact of intestinal ultrasound on the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: how to apply scientific evidence to clinical practice

Technological improvements and growing sonographers’ expertise boost the role of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in assessing patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Non-invasiveness, low cost and good reproducibility make IUS attractive. Leveraging on the Authors’ long-term field experience, this review focuses on the IUS role in IBD patients’ clinical management. For detecting IBD, particularly Crohn’s disease, the IUS parameters — above...