[Acceptance of fecal microbiota transfer among patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases in a highly specialized outpatient department: a questionnaire-based survey].

Recently, research in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases has become increasingly focused on fecal microbiota transfer (FMT) due to increasing evidence of its possible benefits. Still, there are doubts about this method, because there is contradicting evidence regarding its effectiveness and the possible side effects are not well known. Furthermore, the majority of patients are not open to this procedure.