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Potential impact of COVID-19 on colorectal disease management

Abstract The current recommendations for management of colorectal diseases are still evolving, due to the limited experience on this issue. As the new coronavirus can be transmitted through breath droplets, by contact and orofecally, there is no consensus of how this fact may affect the investigation and...

Early and long-term outcome of surgical intervention in children with inflammatory bowel disease

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Background: Although children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), disease control is possible through medical procedures, but surgical intervention is indicated in some cases. Aim: To evaluated long-term surgical outcomes in children with IBD. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was d...

Postoperative mortality in inflammatory bowel disease patients

ABSTRACT Introduction: Since the 1960s, mortality in Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis patients had a significant decrease due to advances in medical and surgical therapy. An important proportion of these patients are submitted to surgical procedures during their disease course, with postoperative ...

Mortalidad en enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 28 (4), 2017
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of unknown cause. It has been attributed to an inflammation of the intestinal mucosa due to loss of immunotolerance to commensal intestinal flora in genetically predisposed individuals. It presents short- and long-term complications, impacting the qua...