THE treatment of ulcerative colitis is primarily medical. Experience has shown, however, that at least 25 per cent of patients with ulcerative colitis require surgical intervention, 1,2 to preserve ...

THE controversy concerning the treatment for chronic ulcerative colitis has never ended. The question whether surgical or medical management prolongs these patients' lives with greater certainty has ...

Fifty-five consecutive episodes of severe UC in 50 patients (median age 34.5 years, range 17-66 years) were studied ( Table 1). In five patients, two attacks each were studied. Median number of ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of surgery in which a small ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Since its introduction in 2011, adoption of diverting loop ileostomy for fulminant Clostridioides difficile ...