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Colorectal Surgery in Patients with HIV and AIDS: Trends and Outcomes over a 10-Year Period in the USA. Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Gahagan, J. V., Halabi, W. J., Nguyen, V. Q., Carmichael, J. C., Pigazzi, A., Stamos, M. J., Mills, S. D. 2016; 20 (6): 1239-46

Abstract

HIV has become a chronic disease, which may render this population more prone to developing the colorectal pathologies that typically affect older Americans.A retrospective review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample was performed to identify patients who underwent colon and rectal surgery from 2001 to 2010. Multivariate analysis was used to evaluate outcomes among the general population, patients with HIV, and patients with AIDS.Hospital admissions for colon and rectal procedures of patients with HIV/AIDS grew at a faster rate than all-cause admissions of patients with HIV/AIDS, with mean yearly increases of 17.8 and 2.1 %, respectively (p?

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