Permanent Ileostomy in Ulcerative Colitis

Ileostomy or ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis?

Pulmonary function in ulcerative colitis

 Abstract Background: Pulmonary involvement in ulcerative colitis (UC) is thought to be rare. There is not a definite document about the question that "Is the lung a target organ in inflammatory bowel disease?" The aim of the present study is to compare lung function between cases with UC and healthy controls. This study will also be of interest about searching the outbreak of pulmonary functio...

Single port laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and ileostomy in an adolescent with ulcerative colitis.

INTRODUCTION Single port laparoscopic surgery has been increasingly used for complex surgical procedures. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a single port laparoscopic subtotal colectomy and ileostomy in an adolescent patient with ulcerative colitis. CASE REPORT A 13-year old female patient with ulcerative colitis resistant to maximal medical therapy underwent a single po...

SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS

This is a preliminary report of 28 patients with ulcerative colitis who we surgically treated with "J" pouch endorectal pull-through operation from 1978 to 1996. All patients are continent with a median stool frequency of 4 times per day, no night soilage. low postoperative complications and one mortality due to pulmonary embolism.

Ileostomy or ileal pouch for the surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis?

Until recently, the elective surgical treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis has been either proctocolectomy with a permanent ileostomy or colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis (IRA). The former technique has many disadvantages, not least being the psychological readjustment necessary to face life with an incontinent orifice on the abdominal wall. IRA appears on face value to be more acce...