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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The mainstay of therapy in infectious colitis is medical treatment. However, surgery may occasionally be required in the treatment of complications of infectious colitis such as, [[massive hemorrhage]], [[perforation]], [[abscess]], fulminant infectious colitis and failure of medical therapy. | |||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
The mainstay of therapy in infectious colitis is medical treatment. Some of the indications for surgery in the treatment of infectious colitis include the following:<ref name="pmid27080713">{{cite journal| author=Palle SK, Prasad M, Kugathasan S| title=Approach to a Child with Colitis. | journal=Indian J Pediatr | year= 2016 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=27080713 | doi=10.1007/s12098-016-2091-5 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27080713 }} </ref><ref name="pmid22080825">{{cite journal| author=DuPont HL| title=Approach to the patient with infectious colitis. | journal=Curr Opin Gastroenterol | year= 2012 | volume= 28 | issue= 1 | pages= 39-46 | pmid=22080825 | doi=10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834d3208 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22080825 }} </ref> | |||
*Massive hemorrhage | |||
*Perforation | |||
*Peritonitis | |||
*Fulminant infectious colitis | |||
*Abscess | |||
*Toxic megacolon | |||
*Stricture | |||
*Failure of medical therapy | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Qasim Salau, M.B.B.S., FMCPaed [2]
Overview
The mainstay of therapy in infectious colitis is medical treatment. However, surgery may occasionally be required in the treatment of complications of infectious colitis such as, massive hemorrhage, perforation, abscess, fulminant infectious colitis and failure of medical therapy.
Surgery
The mainstay of therapy in infectious colitis is medical treatment. Some of the indications for surgery in the treatment of infectious colitis include the following:[1][2]
- Massive hemorrhage
- Perforation
- Peritonitis
- Fulminant infectious colitis
- Abscess
- Toxic megacolon
- Stricture
- Failure of medical therapy
References
- ↑ Palle SK, Prasad M, Kugathasan S (2016). "Approach to a Child with Colitis". Indian J Pediatr. doi:10.1007/s12098-016-2091-5. PMID 27080713.
- ↑ DuPont HL (2012). "Approach to the patient with infectious colitis". Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 28 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834d3208. PMID 22080825.