title: Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Ulcerative colitis is potentially cured by total excision of the colon and rectum. Crohn's disease is an unremitting condition in which operations are frequently multiple and in which the minimum amount of bowel possible should be excised.
authors.affiliation: MASTER Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XP.
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Bullen
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hershman
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000601:surgery