BACKGROUND Restorative proctocolectomy is the treatment of choice for pediatric patients with refractory colitis, inherited polyposis syndromes, and some with colonic aganglionosis. Evidence concerning the optimal method of reconstruction is, however, sparse. METHODS Studies comparing outcomes from ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) and straight ileoanal anastomosis (SIAA) were identified by...

In the treatment of distal rectal cancer, abdominoperineal resection is traditionally performed. However, the recognition of shorter safe distal resection line, intersphincteric resection technique has given a chance of sphincter-saving surgery for patients with distal rectal cancer during last two decades and still is being performed as an alternative choice of abdominoperineal resection. The ...

The aim of this study was to describe all levels of the intermesenteric communications because of their importance in vascular diseases of the colon. The connections of superior and inferior mesenteric networks are very important in cases of acute or chronic obstruction to prevent ischemia and necrosis. Angiograms of mesenteric arteries were studied (40), cadaverous large intestine samples with...

Anastomosing rivers constitute an important category of multi-channel rivers on alluvial plains. Most often they seem to Ž . form under relatively low-energetic conditions near a local base level. It appears to be impossible to define anastomosing rivers unambiguously on the basis of channel planform only. Therefore, the following definition, which couples floodplain geomorphology and channel p...

Although much focus is placed on oncological outcomes for rectal cancer, it important to assess quality of life after surgery which sexual function an component. This study set about describe the prevalence dysfunction by resection type and gender among patients undergoing usingretrospective analysis. All English-speaking living who underwent stage I–III cancer with curative intent between 2012...

OBJECTIVE cavernous hemangioma of the rectosigmoid colon is a rare disease, with no more than 200 cases reported in the literature. The rectosigmoid is the most common site of this disease in the gastrointestinal tract. CASE REPORT we report the case of a 31-year-old male with recurrent episodes of rectal bleeding, who was finally diagnosed of diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum. The t...