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==Overview==
==Overview==
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of [disease name].
The mainstay of treatment for ischemic 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 d, free intra-abdominal air, or endoscopically-proved extensive gangrene.  
 
OR
 
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with [disease name]. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either [indication 1], [indication 2], and [indication 3]
 
OR
 
The mainstay of treatment for [disease name] is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either [indication 1], [indication 2], and/or [indication 3].
 
OR
 
The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of [malignancy] at diagnosis.
 
OR
 
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy].


==Indications==
==Indications==
 
*Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with ischemic colitis. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
*Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of [disease name].
**Sepsis
OR
**Persistent fever and leukocytosis
*Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with [disease name]. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
**Peritoneal irritation
**[Indication 1]
**Protracted pain
**[Indication 2]
**Diarrhea or bleeding 
**[Indication 3]
**Protein-losing colopathy for more than 14 days
*The mainstay of treatment for [disease name] is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either:
**Free intra-abdominal air
**[Indication 1]
**Endoscopically-proven extensive gangrene
**[Indication 2]
**[Indication 3]


==Surgery==
==Surgery==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for ischemic 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 d, free intra-abdominal air, or endoscopically-proved extensive gangrene.

Indications

  • Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with ischemic colitis. 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
    • Endoscopically-proven extensive gangrene

Surgery

  • The feasibility of surgery depends on the stage of [malignancy] at diagnosis.

OR

  • Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for [disease or malignancy].

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