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To review steroid-related adverse effects leading to surgery in ulcerative colitis and evaluate whether advances in surgical techniques warrant earlier definitive surgical management.

October 1, 1992Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Steroid complications in patients with ulcerative colitis

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MKMasato KusunokiChonnam National University YSYasutsugu ShojiHyogo Medical University SFShinsuke FujitaChiba University

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Retrospective review demonstrates intolerable steroid complications requiring surgery in ulcerative colitis, suggesting earlier definitive surgery prevents irreversible drug toxicity.

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To review steroid-related adverse effects leading to surgery in ulcerative colitis and evaluate whether advances in surgical techniques warrant earlier definitive surgical management.
Retrospectively analyzed surgical cases of ulcerative colitis where steroid complications occurred.
Conducted a comprehensive literature review regarding the adverse effects associated with corticosteroid therapy.
Intolerable and severe steroid-induced side effects necessitated definitive surgery in patients even while their underlying ulcerative colitis was in clinical remission.
Sphincter-preserving surgical advances justify earlier operative intervention over the continued tolerance of irreversible steroid-induced morbidity, particularly in pediatric populations.

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Kusunoki et al. (1992) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87c0c3e6314279fbfb0a0a https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02253508

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Retrospective review demonstrates intolerable steroid complications requiring surgery in ulcerative colitis, suggesting earlier definitive surgery prevents irreversible drug toxicity.

Steroid complications in patients with ulcerative colitis

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Steroid complications in patients with ulcerative colitis

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