Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather than a larger area of the colon. It usually causes diarrhea. Proctosigmoiditis affects ...

“I am going to start with a case. We have a 19-year-old female with a history of left-sided ulcerative colitis that was diagnosed at age 15 years. She was stable on mesalamine for 3 year ...

Oral colon-release parnaparin sodium tablets are safe and effective as an adjunctive therapy to aminosalicylates in patients with ulcerative colitis ... with active left-sided ulcerative colitis.

Removing part of the colon does not cure the disease. Ulcerative colitis may reappear in the part of the colon left after surgery. In some circumstances, your doctor may recommend removing all of ...

Is the patient having inflammation just in their rectum and sigmoid? Is it left-sided colitis or pancolitis? And of course, the severity: mild, moderate or severe. Also, thinking about patient ...

Of the 2726 patients with a description of their lesion extent, 14.8% had proctitis, 26.4% had proctosigmoiditis, 25.0% had left-sided colitis, 6.3% had extensive colitis, 25.8% had pancolitis and ...

Rectally administered topical agents have demonstrated efficacy in the maintenance of distal colitis (DC) and proctitis and as they are rarely associated with significant blood drug levels ...

distal ulcerative colitis who had received corticosteroids for >2 weeks without improvement (16 with left-sided colitis, 4 with pancolitis) were treated with rebamipide enemas twice a day for 3 ...