IBD: Postoperative Mortality High After Emergent ResectionIBD: Postoperative Mortality High After Emergent Resection

After emergent intestinal resection, some 3.6% of patients with Crohn disease and 5.3% of patients with ulcerative colitis died; postoperative mortality risk was lower with elective surgery for both. Medscape Medical News
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