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Sheldon C. Sommers
Researcher at Lenox Hill Hospital
Publications - 2
Citations - 110
Sheldon C. Sommers is an academic researcher from Lenox Hill Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diversion colitis & Ileostomy. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 106 citations. Previous affiliations of Sheldon C. Sommers include New York Medical College.
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The fate of the rectal segment after diversion of the fecal stream in Crohn's disease: its implications for surgical management.
Burton I. Korelitz,Burton I. Korelitz,Lawrence J. Cheskin,Lawrence J. Cheskin,Norman Sohn,Norman Sohn,Sheldon C. Sommers,Sheldon C. Sommers +7 more
TL;DR: The course of 16 consecutive patients with Crohn's disease in whom sigmoidoscopy showed normal mucosa at the time of diversion and who underwent an ileostomy or colostomy was reviewed, it is suspected that the disorder of nonspecific "diversion colitis" might account for this phenomenon entirely.
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Proctitis after fecal diversion in Crohn's disease and its elimination with reanastomosis: implications for surgical management. Report of four cases
Burton I. Korelitz,Burton I. Korelitz,Lawrence J. Cheskin,Lawrence J. Cheskin,Norman Sohn,Norman Sohn,Sheldon C. Sommers,Sheldon C. Sommers +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the course of four patients with Crohn's disease who underwent fecal diversion with an in situ rectum were observed in which sigmoidoscopy was initially normal at the time of the diversion, became distinctly abnormal during the year after the diversion and then returned to normal within 3 mo following reestablishment of intestinal continuity.