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The impact of preoperative infliximab therapy on postoperative complications in patients with ulcerative colitis

Author(s) -

Takayuki Yamamoto,

Manabu Shiraki

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of crohn s and colitis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.277

H-Index - 80

eISSN - 1876-4479

pISSN - 1873-9946

DOI - 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.06.009

Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , proctocolectomy , infliximab , surgery , pouch , colectomy , anastomosis , ileostomy , incidence (geometry) , sepsis , general surgery , disease , physics , optics

Dear Sir,We read with interest the article by Eshuis et al., ‘Previous infliximab therapy and postoperative complications after proctocolectomy with ileum pouch anal anastomosis’.1 The authors conducted a retrospective study evaluating patients who underwent pouch surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC). One-stage procedures ( n = 33; proctocolectomy with pouch, with or without temporary diversion) and two-stage procedures ( n = 39; emergency colectomy and subsequent completion proctectomy with pouch, with or without temporary diversion) were analyzed separately. In the one-stage group, the incidence of postoperative pelvic sepsis (anastomotic leakage and presacral …

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