## Background: Restorative proctocolectomy has become the surgical procedure of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis. only smaller studies have compared postoperative to preoperative quality of life (qol). ## Methods: Patients with ulcerative colitis who had undergone restorative proctocole
Health-related quality of life after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis: Long-term results
✍ Scribed by Marco Scarpa; Imerio Angriman; Cesare Ruffolo; Antonio Ferronato; Lino Polese; Michela Barollo; Alessandro Martin; Giacomo C. Sturniolo; Davide F. D’Amico
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 779 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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