Jun Omori, Mitsuru Kaise, Naoyoshi Nagata, Tomonori Aoki, Katsumasa Kobayashi, Atsushi Yamauchi, Atsuo Yamada, Takashi Ikeya, Taiki Aoyama, Naoyuki Tominaga, Yoshinori Sato, Takaaki Kishino, Naoki Ishii, Tsunaki Sawada, Masaki Murata, Akinari Takao, Kazuhiro Mizukami, Ken Kinjo, Shunji Fujimori, Takahiro Uotani, Minoru Fujita, Hiroki Sato, Sho Suzuki, Toshiaki Narasaka, Junnosuke Hayasaka, Tomohiro Funabiki, Yuzuru Kinjo, Akira Mizuki, Shu Kiyotoki, Tatsuya Mikami, Ryosuke Gushima, Hiroyuki Fujii, Yuta Fuyuno, Takuto Hikichi, Yosuke Toya, Kazuyuki Narimatsu, Noriaki Manabe, Koji Nagaike, Tetsu Kinjo, Yorinobu Sumida, Sadahiro Funakoshi, Kiyonori Kobayashi, Tamotsu Matsuhashi, Yuga Komaki, Kuniko Miki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Katsuhiko Iwakiri
BACKGROUND: Current evidence on the surgical rate, indication, procedure, risk factors, mortality, and postoperative rebleeding for acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (ALGIB) is limited. METHODS: We constructed a retrospective cohort of 10,342 patients admitted for acute hematochezia at 49 hospitals (CODE BLUE J-Study) and evaluated clinical data on the surgeries performed. RESULTS: Surgery was performed in 1.3% (136/10342) of the cohort with high rates of colonoscopy (87...
November 25, 2023: Journal of Gastroenterology