Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients’ clearance of Remicade was a ‘strong predictor’ of colectomy rates within 30 days, 6 months and 1 year ...

For biologic-experienced patients hospitalized with acute severe ulcerative colitis, off-label, high-intensity doses of tofacitinib (Xeljanz) given with intravenous corticosteroids may have reduced ...

A national audit of total abdominal colectomy for ulcerative colitis finds low 30 day mortality and a rise in laparoscopic ...

For example, if a patient has ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease that is not well controlled with medication, or if a colonoscopy shows precancerous lesions, a doctor may recommend a total or ...

Individuals with IBD undergoing colectomy may benefit from surveillance for kidney function. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) undergoing colectomy have higher rates of acute kidney ...

(A) Severe ulcerative colitis with ulceration and spontaneous bleeding (the Mayo Endoscopy Score =3); (B) Colitis-associated high-grade dysplasia in a flat rectal lesion (green arrows); (C) Normal ...

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 ...

For as long as she could, Stephanie Hughes, 29, of Raleigh, North Carolina, delayed having colon surgery. Symptoms from Crohn’s disease — an inflammatory bowel disease that causes abdominal pain, ...