Appendectomy may be a useful addition to medical therapy for preventing relapse of ulcerative colitis among patients in remission. At 1 year, 36% of patients in the appendectomy group had a relapse ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — An artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted image-enhanced endoscopy system accurately assessed vascular healing and predicted long-term clinical relapse in patients with ulcerative ...

For patients who experience endoscopic remission of ulcerative colitis (UC), signs of active disease on histology did not affect their risk of clinical relapse, according to a large prospective study ...

Credit: Getty Images. Normalization of 2 factors can foretell the potential for recurrence in patients who were in remission, according to a report. Complete normalization of mucosa and C reactive ...

April 16 (Reuters) - (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Patients with the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis might reduce their risk of a relapse ...

Appendectomy alongside standard medical therapy reduced relapse rates in patients with ulcerative colitis who were in remission compared with standard medical therapy alone, a randomized superiority ...