This paper aims to provide a practice-oriented and up-to-date review regarding the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with suspected IP. The authors reviewed the most important issues in terms of clinical history, physical examination, and specific diagnostic and therapeutic methods. It...
BACKGROUND: Ulcerative proctitis (UP) is a common presentation of ulcerative colitis (UC). OBJECTIVE: To summarize available literature on up-to-date management and pharmacotherapy of UP patients. METHODS: Extensive Medline/Embase literature search was performed to identify relevant articles. RESULTS/...
Of these, 59 patients had biopsy-proven ulcerative proctitis and at least 2 separate lower endoscopies to document disease course. Data collection included age of onset, gender, smoking status at time of diagnosis, history of appendectomy, date of each endoscopy, and extent of disease based on...
Although a wide range of therapeutic modalities are available, there is no literature to date showing any particularly appropriate therapeutic modality for each disease stage. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) is currently recommended as the firstchoice treatment for hemorrhagic CRP, however, its indication...
Intervention patients had a significant lower burden of systemic inflammation as the values for quantitative CRP decreased significantly over 6weeks of follow-up (p=0.009).Conclusion This study showed that Aloe vera topical ointment was effective in prevention of symptoms of ARP in patients undergoing...