title: Surgical management of colonic perforation due to ulcerative colitis during pregnancy: Report of a case.
abstract: This report describes a young female in her second trimester of pregnancy with known ulcerative colitis on maintenance medical therapy. She was admitted for abdominal pain, and workup revealed a colonic stricture and ulceration with contained perforation. After multidisciplinary discussion she was managed with colectomy and end ileostomy. She delivered a healthy newborn 18 wk after surgery. Only a few prior reports described surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy, with recent results indicating low risk of adverse outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Douglas Overbey, Henry Govekar, Csaba Gajdos, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Overbey
authors.affiliation: Douglas Overbey, Henry Govekar, Csaba Gajdos, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Govekar
authors.affiliation: Douglas Overbey, Henry Govekar, Csaba Gajdos, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gajdos
keywords: Colon perforation; Colonic stricture; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pregnancy; Ulcerative colitis