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Toxic Megacolon: Background, Pathophysiology, Management Challenges and Solutions

Toxic megacolon (TM) is one of the fatal complications of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or any infectious etiology of the colon that is characterized by total or partial nonobstructive colonic dilatation and systemic toxicity. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and surgical manag...

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Autores principales: Desai, Jiten, Elnaggar, Mohamed, Hanfy, Ahmed A, Doshi, Rajkumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547151
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S200760