The mainstay of treatment for<unk>  colitis is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either sepsis, persistent fever and leukocytosis, peritoneal irritation, protracted pain, diarrhea or bleeding, protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 days, free intra-abdominal air, or endoscopically-proved extensive gangrene. Laparotomy confirms the diagnosis and all affected bowel is resected. 20% of patients with acute<unk>  colitis will require surgery with an associated mortality rate of up to 60%. Ileocolostomy is performed in patients with right-sided<unk>  colitis with viable ileum and transverse colon.
Ischemic colitis surgery
Infectious colitis surgery
Diverticulitis surgery
Pseudomembranous colitis surgery
Chronic diarrhea surgery
Ulcerative colitis surgery
Mesenteric ischemia surgery
Bowel obstruction surgery