Ischemic colitis surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Surgery

Patients with ischemic colitis who develop worsening symptoms and signs such as high white blood cell count, fever, worsened abdominal pain, or increased lower gastrointestinal bleeding, may require surgical intervention which often consists of laparotomy and bowel resection.

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