Approximately 1/3rd of the patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 70% of those with Crohn’s disease (CD) undergo surgery over their lifetime. Nutritional optimization is a cornerstone of successful surgical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Albumin and hemoglobin are the 2 most important laboratory markers used to estimate a patient’s nutritional status, but the role of micronutrients in the surgical outcomes has not been widely studied.