Ulcerative Colitis

Research

Mayo Clinic is involved in clinical trials of many new medications being tested for IBD. Mayo Clinic researchers conducted the first clinical study of Asacol and have shown that nicotine is an effective therapy for ulcerative colitis.

The Division of Colorectal Surgery is well known for pioneering new surgical techniques for inflammatory bowel disease. Mayo doctors made substantial contributions to the use of the ileoanal pouch for ulcerative colitis and developed minimally invasive surgical treatments for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. And Mayo radiologists were instrumental in developing novel imaging techniques for bowel disorders, including CT enterography and MR enterography.

Mayo Publications

See a list of publications by Mayo authors on ulcerative colitis on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.