The only cure for ulcerative colitis is colectomy, which is a surgery that involves removing part of or all of your large intestine. However, it’s important to note that you may have complete ...

and complete colectomy on all patients with the disease would be impractical even if mortality from surgery were zero. A follow-up study of 401 patients who had chronic ulcerative colitis before ...

Understanding current trends in the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of ulcerative colitis can help inform diagnosis and treatment.

One treatment for ulcerative colitis, which is surgery to remove the colon (a colectomy), may be needed in between 20% and 30 ...

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition that can ... a proctocolectomy (the removal of the rectum and the colon), a colectomy (the removal of all or part of the colon), and an ileostomy (a ...

Background and Aim: Medical treatment of steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC ... The primary end-points were time to colectomy, and colectomy rates at 3 and 12 months.

Ulcerative colitis is a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes painful ulcers and irritation in the large intestine. In North America alone, it is estimated to affect more than ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease that may become more severe over time. The severity may depend on the level of inflammation in the intestines and throughout your body.

This study demonstrates an early colon survival advantage for patients treated with infliximab compared to those receiving i.v. cyclosporine for acute severe colitis requiring hospitalization at ...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), encompassing ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), presents a unique clinical ...

Most of these quiz questions are derived from recent literature and guideline updates about ulcerative colitis. Are you up to date? Find out by taking the quiz and comparing your score with those ...