Otero-Piñerio, Ana M.
Aykun, N.
Maspero, M.
Holubar, Stefan
Hull, Tracy
Lipman, Jeremy
Steele, Scott R.
Lightner, Amy L.
Article History
Received: 18 June 2023
Accepted: 28 October 2023
First Online: 16 January 2024
Declarations
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: Dr. Holubar serves as a consultant for Shionogi, Takeda, and Guidepoint and has research funding from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation and American Society of Colon&Rectal Surgeons. Dr. Lightner serves as a consultant for Takeda, Ossium, Mesoblast and Boomerang. Dr. Hull, Dr. Lipman, Dr. Steele, Dr. Aykun, Dr. Maspero, Dr. Otero-Piñeiro declare no conflict of interest.
: Cleveland Clinic’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) - Ethics Committee consists of members including both staff-level and resident physicians, administrative personnel, nursing personnel, and non-affiliated lay people to represent the community. The fundamental purpose of the IRB is for the protection of human subjects in research. The IRB committee reviews and monitors research projects according to federal regulations. All consecutive eligible female patients with IBD who delivered either vaginally or by C-section were identified in the Cleveland Clinic database from 1997 to 2022 following ethics approval by the Cleveland Clinic Institutional Review Board. All the patients signed informed consent. The study was performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.