ULCERATIVE-COLITIS - OPERATIVE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN 100 CASES

We performed a retrospective analysis of morbidity and mortality in 10 0 cases of ulcerative colitis treated at the surgical care unit of the Ibn Sina hospital over a 10 year period from 1984 to 1994. One major complication, usually infection, was observed in 40 % of the cases. Ov erall mortality was 22 %, a rate higher than the larger published seri es. The main factor incriminated in our study; besides surgical circum stances, was the delay in care, including in the intensive care unit. It must be concluded that medical and surgical management must be init iated as soon as a flare up is diagnosed.