SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS

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  • SOHRAB ATEFI From the Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, I.R. Iran.
Abstract:

This is a preliminary report of 28 patients with ulcerative colitis who we surgically treated with "J" pouch endorectal pull-through operation from 1978 to 1996. All patients are continent with a median stool frequency of 4 times per day, no night soilage. low postoperative complications and one mortality due to pulmonary embolism.

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volume 13  issue 1

pages  15- 17

publication date 1999-05

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