Leukocyte removal therapy for ulcerative colitis does not affect postoperative complications.

Hiroki Ikeuchi ¹, Takehira Yamamura, Masato Kusunoki, Hiroki Nakano, Motoi Uchino, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Masafumi Noda, Hidenori Yanagi, Takayuki Matsumoto, J Gastroenterol. 2006 Sep;41(9):848-54.

Our results suggest that preoperative LRT does not influence the rate of postoperative complications in UC patients.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17048048/