Clinical Significance of Residual Nonrectal Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis Patients in Clinical Remission.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

The treatment goal of ulcerative colitis (UC) has been changed to achieve endoscopic remission (ER). However, there is insufficient clinical evidence to determine whether a step-up treatment should be performed to achieve ER in clinical remission (CR) without ER, and there are inadequate data on the need to consider the distribution and severity of residual inflammation. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the prognostic significance of the distribution and severity of residual inflammation in UC patients in CR.

Methods

A total of 131 UC patients in CR who underwent endoscopic evaluation for more than three times between January 2000 and December 2018 were reviewed. The patients were allocated by the endoscopic healing state and the distribution of inf

SUBMITTER: Shin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8129662 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature