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8348866

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical course of 44 patients undergoing elective proximal fecal diversion for Crohn's disease of the colon is reported. Sustained disease remission was obtained in 31 patients (70 percent). Diversion was associated with a significant reduction in steroid requirements (P < 0.01) and a significant improvement in hemoglobin (P < 0.001), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P < 0.001), and albumin (P < 0.05). Sixteen patients (36.4 percent) have required a proctocolectomy, 19 patients (43.2 percent) remain defunctioned, and four patients (9 percent) have died. Five patients have had intestinal continuity restored, which has remained intact in four patients for a mean follow-up of 99 (range 21-153) months. Fecal diversion for Crohn's disease of the colon produces a high incidence of sustained disease remission, but for the majority of patients the prospect of future restoration of intestinal continuity is limited.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0012-3706
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
757-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Fecal diversion in the management of Crohn's disease of the colon.
pubmed:affiliation
Academic Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article