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Rectosigmoid stump washout as an alternative to permanent mucous fistula in patients undergoing subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis in emergency settings

BACKGROUND: Restorative proctocolectomy with ileopouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the treatment of choice for intractable or complicated ulcerative colitis(UC). Elderly patients often present with acute colitis requiring emergent subtotal colectomy(SC). Frail patients are at risk of developing septi...

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Autores principales: Pellino, Gianluca, Sciaudone, Guido, Candilio, Giuseppe, Canonico, Silvestro, Selvaggi, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-12-S1-S31