궤양성 대장염의 임상적 고찰 = A Clinical Review of Ulcerative Colitis

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

findings were non-specific, including positive occult blood, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and abnoml liver function test. According to the severity of disease, there was 50.8% in mild, 30.6% in moderate and 18.6% in severe disease. The difference of severity according to the extent of disease was not found. According to the extent of disease, there was 23.8% in proctitis, 25.4% in distal, 23.8% in left and 25.4% in extensive colitis. The incidence of proctitis was not more increased after 1991, compared with the previous records. 119 cases were treated medically and most cases showed exellent sort-term response(95.7%). According to the severity, the symptomatic remission rates of milder disease were significantly higher. Surgical treatment was performed in 4 cases(5 times); its indications were perforation in 2 cases, bleeding in 2 cases, and one case had failed to medical treatment. Conclusion: These results suggest that the trends of newly diagnosed cases each year have been increased recently. To evaluate the statistically significant clinical features, progress of disease and prognosis of ulcerative colitis in Korea, the nationwide collection of data is necessary.