12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they ...

The risk for colectomy declined over the past two decades among Finnish patients with newly diagnosed ulcerative colitis (UC), particularly between 2013 and 2020, when several advanced treatment ...

Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...

A decade-long national audit of total abdominal colectomy (TAC) for ulcerative colitis in the Republic of Ireland showed no 30-day mortality and an increased adoption of laparoscopy and identified ...

Colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis should only be offered to carefully selected patients without ongoing defecatory disorders. Ultimately, the new guidance emphasizes that decisions about surgery ...

While most patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) get adequate symptom relief with drug therapy and lifestyle modifications, a minority do not -- either because the medications don't work, or they do ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black, Hispanic and female patients with ulcerative colitis were significantly less likely to undergo colectomy.

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Dear Doctors: My husband is 78 years old. A second colectomy left him with one-fourth of his colon, and he suffers from chronic diarrhea. I’ve read that he should avoid sugar and alcohol, which he won ...