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Colonic obstruction requiring specific treatment as a complication of ulcerative colitis occurred in four of 644 patients with ulcerative colitis seem from 1969 through 1979. Four other cases have been reported by others. These obstructions were caused by strictures or pseudopolyps. Although the treatment is nonoperative in some cases, surgery is indicated if carcinoma cannot be ruled out or if obstruction persists.
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Serrano, A., Michel, L., Warshaw, A.L. et al. Colonic obstruction as a complication of ulcerative colitis. Dis Colon Rectum 24, 487–489 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02626792
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02626792