Ulcerative colitis in the elderly: clinical patterns and outcome in 51 Greek patients.

Purpose: In this study, the clinical characteristics and course of all patients with ulcerative colitis in whom diagnosis of the disease was made at or after the age of 60 (older group), were analyzed and compared with those of patients with ulcerative colitis in whom diagnosis of the disease was made before the age of 60 (younger group).

Methods: The older group consisted of 51 patients (28 men and 23 women; aged 64+/-3.1 years) and the younger group consisted of 362 patients (192 men and 170 women; aged 38.

Ulcerative colitis in Greece: clinicoepidemiological data, course, and prognostic factors in 413 consecutive patients.

The clinical course and prognosis of ulcerative colitis was studied in a group of 413 Greek patients. The study lasted for 16 years and follow-up was achieved in 95% of the patients. Both sexes were almost equally affected, mainly between the ages of 40-49.

Surgery for ulcerative colitis in Greece: clinicoepidemiological features and long-term outcome of 69 consecutive patients.

Background/aims: In this study, the various clinicoepidemiological characteristics and long-term follow-up of patients operated on for ulcerative colitis in Greece over a period of 15 years, are reviewed.

Methodology: A total number of 69 out of 413 patients with ulcerative colitis (17.8%) seen and followed-up for a mean period of 12 years, had undergone ileorectal anastomosis (45.