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 new study published in the journal of Inflammatory Bowel Disease shows low mortality and tolerable morbidity after total ...

What Is a Laparoscopic Ileocolectomy and Right Colectomy? A laparoscopic ileocolectomy is an operation that removes a diseased section of the ileum (last segment of the small bowel) and ascending ...

This procedure involves removing a portion of the large intestine and creating an ileostomy to redirect human waste. People will likely need to adjust their diet after surgery. People with colon ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

A new update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is calling for greater caution before surgery is considered for patients with refractory constipation, a severe, chronic form of ...

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 ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Patients with ulcerative colitis may have ...

When Wanda Cook went to Houston Northwest Medical Center last March to have a single-incision laparoscopic colectomy, she had no idea she would be the first at the hospital to receive the new ...