Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Accelerated infliximab induction reduced odds of a colectomy at 2 years in acute ulcerative colitis. Therapeutic ...

A decade-long national audit of total abdominal colectomy (TAC) for ulcerative colitis in the Republic of Ireland showed no 30-day mortality and an increased adoption of laparoscopy and identified ...

Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of surgery in which a small piece of the intestine is brought through the abdomen. An ileostomy is made from the small intestine, while a colostomy comes from the ...

Apple suggests using the Recovery Mode as a last resort to revive an iPhone when it’s boot-looping or showing the Apple logo. It’s a straightforward way to fix ongoing issues, but one that you’ll ...

ABSTRACT: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways integrate evidence-based perioperative practices to attenuate surgical stress and accelerate functional recovery; however, their real-world ...

For a small early stage colon cancer, your surgeon might just remove the cancer from the bowel lining, along with a border of healthy tissue. This is called a local resection. Find out about a local ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic (long-term) medical condition. It’s a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). UC can cause inflammation and ulcers in the lining of your colon (large intestine) ...

Postoperative ileus rates are higher in teaching hospitals and those with 500 beds or more. Postoperative ileus (POI) rates after elective colectomy vary significantly across type of hospital, ...

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 ...

Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

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 ...