Efficacy of Combined Mesalazine Plus Corticosteroid Enemas for Diversion Colitis after Subtotal Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis

Diversion colitis is a benign inflammatory process that occurs in any part of the large bowel excluded from the fecal stream by a diverting colostomy. While most of the patients with diversion colitis usually are asymptomatic, a minority has abdominal pain and rectal discharge of blood or mucus. A 6...

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Main Authors: Matsumoto, Satohiro, Mashima, Hirosato
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: S. Karger AG 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929360/