Infectious colitis surgery

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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 following situations:

• Massive hemorrhage
• Perforation
• Peritonitis
• Fulminant infectious colitis
• Abscess
• Toxic megacolon
• Stricture
• Failure of medical therapy