Emergency surgery in ulcerative colitis.
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Emergency surgery in ulcerative colitis.
Ulcerative colitis in its milder manifestations may be managed by conservative methods. If these are unsuccessful, or, in the presence of more severe disease, a planned surgical procedure, either subtotal colectomy or proctocolectomy, is the alternative method of treatment. On occasion, however, the rapidity of progression of the disease forces the issue: conservative measures, if any have been...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.7.6.606