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Few population-based studies have been conducted on postoperative complications of colectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). One study involving >7000 patients in the U.S. reported that increased age, comorbidities, and emergent operations were risk factors for increased morbidity and mortality and that hospitals performing the highest volume of procedures had the lowest postoperative mortality rates (Gastroenterology 2008; 134:680). Now, investigators have used data from a population-based hospital system in Calgary, Canada, to explore predictors of postoperative complications among 666 patients who underwent colectomy for UC during a 13-year period.
During hospitalization for surgery, mortality was 1.5%, and 12.2% of patients dev…