The ACCURE-trial: The effect of appendectomy on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis, a randomised international multicenter trial (NTR2883) and the ACCURE-UK trial: A randomised external pilot trial (ISRCTN56523019)

BMC Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gardenbroek, Tjibbe J ^a   Pinkney, Thomas D ^b   Sahami, Saloomeh ^a   Morton, Dion G ^b   Buskens, Christianne J ^a   Ponsioen, Cyriel Y ^a   Tanis, Pieter J ^a   Löwenberg, Mark ^a   Van Den Brink, Gijs R ^a   Broeders, Ivo Amj ^c   Pullens, Paul H J M ^c   Seerden, Tom ^d   Boom, Maarten J ^e   Mallant Hent, Rosalie C ^e   Pierik, Robert E G J M ^f   Vecht, Juda ^f   Sosef, Meindert N ^g   Van Nunen, Annick B ^g   Van Wagensveld, Bart A ^h   Stokkers, Pieter C F ^h   Gerhards, Michael F ^h   Jansen, Jeroen M ^h   Acherman, Yair ⁱ   Depla, Annekatrien C T M ⁱ   Mannaerts, Guido H H ^j   West, Rachel ^j   Iqbal, Tariq ^b   Pathmakanthan, Shrikanth ^b   Howard, Rebecca ^k   Magill, Laura ^k   Singh, Baljit ^l   Htun Oo, Ye ^k   Negpodiev, Dmitri ^b   Dijkgraaf, Marcel G W ^a   Ram D'Haens, Geert ^a   Bemelman, Willem A ^a   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Flevo Hospital   (Netherlands)

^f ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^h ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

ⁱ SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^j SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Disease course; Inflammatory bowel disease; Surgery; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927562250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12893-015-0017-1     Document Type: Article

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