Clinical Characteristics and Postoperative Complications of Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis.
Tsuyoshi OzawaSoichiro IshiharaToshiaki TanakaJunichiro TanakaTomomichi KiyomatsuKazushige KawaiTakamitsu KanazawaHiroaki NozawaShinsuke KazamaHironori YamaguchiEiji SunamiJoji KitayamaToshiaki WatanabePublished in: Hepato-gastroenterology (2016)
Emergency surgeries were associated with frequent postoperative complications. For refractory severe ulcerative colitis, cytomegalovirus involvement should be determined and prolonged steroid therapy is associated with postoperative complications; therefore, early treatment decisions are important.