Abstract
Ulcerative colitis may range in severity from chronic and low-grade clinical condition to an acute and fulminating surgical emergency. It may involve the rectum only (proctitis), where the disease usually starts, or extend proximally to involve contiguously part or whole of the colon. This chapter is specifically concerned with patients in whom an emergent or urgent colectomy is needed because of toxic colitis and/or perforation. The colon itself may or may not be dilated in the toxic state, and thus the term megacolon may be misleading.
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Tjandra, J.J. (1999). Toxic Colitis and Perforation. In: Michelassi, F., Milsom, J.W. (eds) Operative Strategies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1396-3_14
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