Outcome of Toxic Megacolon during Pregnancy

Two patients with ulcerative colitis required subtotal colectomy and ileostomy for toxic megacolon during pregnancy. Subsequently, a mucosal proctectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis was performed. These two patients who avoided permanent ileostomies were able to carry normal pregnancies and del...

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Main Authors: Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre, Jacques Heppell, Claude Potvin, Richard Clermont, Alfons Pomp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/182626
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