Hemolytic-uremic syndrome surgery
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]
Overview
Surgical intervention may be required in some patients who have gastrointestinal complications with severe colitis that progress to necrosis and in some cases lead to intestinal perforation.
Indication
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with HUS. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with gastrointestinal complications.[1]
Surgery
- Surgical intervention may be required in some patients who have gastrointestinal complications with severe colitis that progress to necrosis and in some cases lead to intestinal perforation.[1]