The clinical practice of ulcerative colitis in elderly patients: An investigation using a nationwide database in Japan.
Rintaro MoroiHisashi ShigaKunio TarasawaKota YanoYusuke ShimoyamaMasatake KurohaYoichi KakutaKiyohide FushimiKenji FujimoriYoshitaka KinouchiAtsushi MasamunePublished in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2021)
The clinical practice of treating elderly patients with UC is overall not different from treating non-elderly patients with UC. Although the form of medical treatment and surgery rate for elderly patients with UC may not be significantly different from non-elderly patients, the rate of in-hospital death for elderly patients is higher.