The most frequently described laparoscopic operations for the management of patients with IBD are restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis and ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease. For ...
If you have ulcerative colitis (UC), your first line of treatment will likely be medication. But even with medication, sometimes symptoms continue to flare, tanking your quality of life along the way.
"Due to the timing of diagnosis during this critical period of physical, intellectual, and psychosocial development, the higher rate of colectomy, and their longer lifespan without a colon, it is ...
Strictures following ileoanal procedures are a recognized complication and occur more frequently after cuff abscess or a localized leak from the anastomosis. The incidence of strictures following ...
Efficacy and safety of FOLFOX biweekly cetuximab as first-line therapy for patients with nonresectable metastatic colorectal cancer (CELINE trial): Multicenter phase II trial. This is an ASCO Meeting ...
Both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that cause inflammation and digestive distress, but they affect different areas of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn’s ...
Given the early onset of ulcerative colitis in children, it is desirable to identify young patients with this disease who are at risk of adverse outcomes. Identification of these patients would enable ...
Surgery used to be considered a last-resort treatment option for people with Crohn’s disease, when nothing else was working. That advice is changing. “Doctors who sent people with Crohn’s for surgery ...