Predictors of surgical intervention in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (two-center study)
Abstract Background Sixty percent of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients require intestinal resection, and 20% of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients undergo proctocolectomy for medically refractory disease. Scarcity of literature about predictors for surgical intervention in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-07-01
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Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-021-00050-3 |