Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Progressive Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Requiring Liver Transplantation Is Associated With Reduced Need for Colectomy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis 

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Progressive Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Requiring Liver Transplantation Is Associated With Reduced Need for Colectomy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis "— Presentation transcript:

1 Progressive Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Requiring Liver Transplantation Is Associated With Reduced Need for Colectomy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis  Udayakumar Navaneethan, Preethi G.K. Venkatesh, Saurabh Mukewar, Bret A. Lashner, Feza H. Remzi, Arthur J. McCullough, Ravi P. Kiran, Bo Shen, John J. Fung  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages (May 2012) DOI: /j.cgh Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Patient selection algorithm for the study.
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 (A) Activity of UC in patients with and without OLT classified as quiescent, requiring medications, and requiring surgery. (B) Comparison of the number of UC flares in patients with and without OLT. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Comparison of Kaplan–Meier survival curve for all patients with OLT only, colectomy only, with OLT and colectomy, and with no OLT and colectomy. We did not find any statistically significant differences between both groups (P = .97, log rank test). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  , DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2012 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions


Download ppt "Progressive Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Requiring Liver Transplantation Is Associated With Reduced Need for Colectomy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis "

Similar presentations


Ads by Google