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Quality of life of ulcerative colitis patients treated surgically with proctocolectomy and J-pouch formation: a comparative study before surgery and after closure of the defunctioning ileostomy

BACKGROUND: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a lifelong disease with a relapse-remission pattern that affects patients’ social and psychological wellbeing. Restorative proctocolectomy and J-pouch formation is the gold-standard surgical procedure in cases where symptoms are refractory to currently availabl...

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Autores principales: Exarchos, Georgios, Gklavas, Antonios, Metaxa, Linda, Papaconstantinou, Ioannis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5924858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720861
http://dx.doi.org/10.20524/aog.2018.0247