Clinical relevance of endoscopic peri-appendiceal red patch in ulcerative colitis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing evidence is suggesting appendectomy as an alternative treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC), especially in case of histological appendiceal inflammation. Therefore, preoperative identification of appendiceal inflammation could be beneficial. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of peri-appendiceal red patch (PARP) on colonoscopy. In addition, prognostic relevance of PARP for disease course and its predictive value for histological appendiceal inflammation in patients undergoing appendectomy was assessed.

Methods

UC patients undergoing colonoscopy in 2014/2015 were included to determine PARP-prevalence in a cross-sectional study. Findings were correlated to patient and disease characteristics, upscaling of treatment and colectomy rates after cross-s

SUBMITTER: Reijntjes MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9244917 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature