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Suggest Treatment For Severe Ulcerative Colitis

Thank you.....My son, age 54 has severe ulcerative colitis...... he has been on 3 different infusion drugs,,,seeing some improvement with the last infusion a month ago.My question is......... would he be a candidate for this procedure...He is currently with Kaiser Medical in Los Angeles,ca.
Wed, 11 Feb 2015
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if patient didnot improve with medical treatment or mulltiple frequent relapse or if he had complication of UC then he needed surgical treatment
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Ulcerative Colitis

if patient didnot improve with medical treatment or mulltiple frequent relapse or if he had complication of UC then he needed surgical treatment