Management of Acute Colitis and Toxic Megacolon
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- 7 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
- Vol. 23 (04) , 274-284
Abstract
Severe colitis is a well-defined condition that can develop in patients afflicted with ulcerative colitis, but typically responds to a variety of medical therapies. Operative intervention is warranted when massive hemorrhage, perforation, or peritonitis complicates the clinical scenario or medical therapy fails to control the disease. Of the operative options, total/subtotal colectomy and end ileostomy is the usual procedure of choice especially if the operation can be performed through a laparoscopic approach.Keywords
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