Emergency thrombectomy of the inferior vena cava and total colectomy in a patient with ulcerative colitis.
Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis, have a greater thrombotic tendency. An effective management of a patient with established ulcerative colitis complicated with acute arterial occlusion of the right lower extremity and inferior vena cava thrombosis is presented. The episodes of thrombosis usually occur in the active phase of the disease. It is suggested that in patients with diseases such as UC, predisposing to thrombosis, the identification of abnormalities in the coagulation profile may predict those particularly at risk.
Papalambros
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First Department of Surgery, University of Athens, Greece.
Bastounis
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Kokotsakis
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Balas
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D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*