Autor: |
Yu Hashimoto, Shiko Kuribayashi, Yuki Itoi, Keigo Satou, Kou Nakata, Kengo Kasuga, Hirohito Tanaka, Hiroko Hosaka, Takashige Masuo, Kyoko Maruhashi, Kensuke Furuya, Tomoyuki Masuda, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Setsuo Yamazaki, Atsuo Iwamoto, Toshio Uraoka |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
DEN Open, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2692-4609 |
DOI: |
10.1002/deo2.275 |
Popis: |
Abstract Background The number of elderly patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has been increasing worldwide. Complications are common in elderly patients who undergo colonoscopy, raising doubts about whether colonoscopy should be performed in the same way in this age group as in younger patients. The aim of this study was to determine the safety of full bowel preparation and colonoscopy in elderly patients with UC. Methods We retrospectively reviewed a cohort of patients with UC who had visited any of the 12 hospitals and were registered in our inflammatory bowel disease database. We compared complications associated with colonoscopy and bowel preparation and relapse of UC after colonoscopy in 133 patients aged ≥65 years with UC (the elderly group) and 116 randomly selected patients aged |
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