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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black, Hispanic and female patients with ulcerative colitis were significantly less likely to undergo colectomy.

Background: According to British statistics, about 15 percent of persons with ulcerative colitis require hospitalization every year, and about 40 percent of these persons undergo colectomy. Some ...

Intravenous (IV) acetaminophen is no more effective than oral acetaminophen for patients undergoing colorectal procedures, Mount Sinai researchers report in a first-of-its-kind study. These findings ...

Are the long-term complications of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer similar to the results after open surgery? In a multicenter (30 centers, eight countries) randomized study published in the ...

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 breakdown of the motivation for these attendances reveals the well-described issue of ongoing abdominal pain, which as well as other gastrointestinal symptoms and postoperative complications, ...

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 ...

- New category challenges industry standards in soft tissue robotic-assisted surgery and has the potential to expand access to minimally invasive care - De Novo premarket review pathway establishes ...

Founding member and guitarist Spike Cassidy of hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. (DIRTY ROTTEN IMBECILES) is in the hospital recovering from complications — including infection — that arose ...