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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The mainstay of treatment for ischemic colitis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either sepsis, persistent fever and leukocytosis, peritoneal irritation, protracted pain, diarrhea or bleeding, protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 d, free intra-abdominal air, or endoscopically-proved extensive gangrene. | |||
The mainstay of treatment for | |||
==Indications== | ==Indications== | ||
*Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with ischemic colitis. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either: | |||
**Sepsis | |||
**Persistent fever and leukocytosis | |||
*Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with | **Peritoneal irritation | ||
** | **Protracted pain | ||
** | **Diarrhea or bleeding | ||
** | **Protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 days | ||
* | **Free intra-abdominal air | ||
** | **Endoscopically-proven extensive gangrene | ||
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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for ischemic colitis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either sepsis, persistent fever and leukocytosis, peritoneal irritation, protracted pain, diarrhea or bleeding, protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 d, free intra-abdominal air, or endoscopically-proved extensive gangrene.
Indications
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with ischemic colitis. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
- Sepsis
- Persistent fever and leukocytosis
- Peritoneal irritation
- Protracted pain
- Diarrhea or bleeding
- Protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 days
- Free intra-abdominal air
- Endoscopically-proven extensive gangrene
Surgery
- The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of [malignancy] at diagnosis.
OR
- Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy].