Tag : proctitis

BOUGUEN, G., ROBLIN, X., BOURREILLE, A., FEIER, L., FILIPPI, J., NANCEY, S., … PEYRIN-BIROULET, L. (2010). Infliximab for refractory ulcerative proctitis. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 31(11), 1178–1185. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04293.x BACKGROUND: Efficacy of infliximab in treating ulcerative proctitis remains unknown. AIM: To evaluate the clinical, biological and endoscopic efficacy of infliximab therapy in refractory proctitis. METHODS: The ..

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Mallet, A.-L., Bouguen, G., Conroy, G., Roblin, X., Delobel, J.-B., Bretagne, J.-F., … Peyrin-Biroulet, L. (2017). Azathioprine for refractory ulcerative proctitis: A retrospective multicenter study. Digestive and Liver Disease, 49(3), 280–285. doi:10.1016/j.dld.2016.12.001 BACKGROUND: Efficacy of azathioprine (AZA) in refractory ulcerative proctitis (UP) is unknown. METHODS: All patients treated with AZA for refractory UP in three ..

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Lawrance, I. C., Baird, A., Lightower, D., Radford-Smith, G., Andrews, J. M., & Connor, S. (2017). Efficacy of Rectal Tacrolimus for Induction Therapy in Patients With Resistant Ulcerative Proctitis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 15(8), 1248–1255. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2017.02.027 BACKGROUND & AIMS: Resistant ulcerative proctitis can be extremely difficult to manage. Topically administered tacrolimus, however, may be effective ..

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This arcticle is about the treatment of bleeding complications from radiation proctitis. For management of the inflammatory component see radiation proctitis: inflammatory management. ERBE advise is Pulsed,  effect 2,  power setting 10-30 watt References: Lee JK, Agrawal D, Thosani N, et al. ASGE guideline on the role of endoscopy for bleeding from chronic radiation proctopathy. ..

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Management of radiation proctitis. This article focusses on the inflammatory component. For bleeding complications needing endoscopic treatment see radiation proctitis: endoscopic treatment of bleeding. This overview cites two articles and included their treatment algorithm. Below that is a general information section on radiation proctitis. General information Radiation proctitis can be the result of radiotherapy of ..

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