IV. Treatment of Severe Ulcerative Colitis:Selective Administration of Steroid Hormone Into the Superior and/or Inferior mesenteric Artery

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Selective administration of steroid hormone into the mesenteric artery was attempted to treat severe cases of ulcerative colitis.<BR>Twenty one patients of severe ulcerative colitis were treated by administering water-soluble prednisolone directly into mesenteric arteries after the completion of selective angiography. Seventeen of them were remarkably improved, and some of them were followed by complete remission.<BR>Mortality rate of emergency operation for severe ulcerative colitis is still very high, and colonofiberscopy and barium enema were contraindicated.<BR>Selective angiography is a useful method to know the range of the involvement of the lesion. It can be utilized for the treatment of severe cases in order to prevent emergency operations. Two cases of toxic megacolon was successfully treated by this method.
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