Mortality Associated with Medical Therapy Versus Elective Colectomy in Ulcerative Colitis

BACKGROUND: Ulcerative colitis (UC) can be treated with surgery or medications. Patients often must choose between long-term immunosuppressive therapy or total colectomy. It is uncertain if there is a mortality benefit to one of these treatment approaches. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients wi...

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Published in:Ann Intern Med
Main Authors: Bewtra, Meenakshi, Newcomb, Craig W., Wu, Qufei, Chen, Lang, Xie, Fenglong, Roy, Jason A., Aarons, Cary B., Osterman, Mark T., Forde, Kimberly A., Curtis, Jeffrey R., Lewis, James D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925099/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26168366
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M14-0960
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