Surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) up to this time can be considered as one of the dramatic pages of surgical gastroenterology. Speedy development of the disease, re-estimation of the possibilities of conservative therapy, and the absence of precise indications for surgery very often lead to delaying the time of operation. At the same time, extensive resection of the large intestine in the terminal phase of intoxication and metabolic derangements are accompanied by unsatisfactory results of surgical treatment - postoperative complications amount to 50-90% and lethality up to 12.5-60%. Even if a patient with UC has recovered after the operation, in most cases his or her future may involve end-ileostomy, invalidity and insufficient social rehabilitation.
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