Over the past 10 years ileal pouch-anal anastomosis has become the operation of choice for most patients with ulcerative colitis. Although pouch surgery in ulcerative colitis does have a moderate complication rate, so do the alternatives of proctocolectomy and ileostomy. The very real advantage of avoiding a stoma along with the inherent curability of ulcerative colitis by excisional surgery he...

This study reports on the outcome of four patients having ileal pouch anal anastomosis after orthotopic liver transplantation for sclerosing cholangitis complicating ulcerative colitis. There were no deaths on follow up. Early postoperative bleeding was a complication of colectomy or rectal excision in three, one of whom developed hepatic artery thrombosis and the overall complication rate was ...

Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) following total proctocolectomy has become the surgical treatment of choice for ulcerative colitis patients who have medically refractory disease or neoplasia. Unfortunately, various metabolic complications have been reported with this surgical procedure, including anemia, vitamin B(12) deficiency, bile salt and fat malabsorption, vitamin D deficiency, bone l...

Radiation therapy is a viable option in managing potentially life-threatening malignancies including prostate cancer. It is known that pelvic radiation can result in injury of the distal large bowel with the development of radiation proctitis. Despite reports from retrospective studies, there is a lack of direct endoscopic and histologic evidence of external pelvic radiation injury to the ileal...

AIM In this study we describe the presentation, treatment, and complications of 27 FAP patients. BACKGROUND Treatment of Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is centered on early recognition and curative surgery with either restorative proctocolectomy with ileal-pouch-anal-anastomosis (IPAA) or colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis (IRA). PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients diagnosed with FA...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Failure of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) occurs in around 10% of the patients. Compared to patients with functioning pouches, health related quality of life is deteriorated after failure. Sexual function in patients with pouch failure is however poorly studied. The aim was to study sexual function in patients with pelvic pouch failure; patients with functioning pouches...

Abstract Background Ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the gold standard for proctocolectomy. The present study evaluates surgical outcomes of authors’ operations over a 30-year period, including pouch survival and quality life (QOL). Methods Records patients undergoing IPAA between 1986 2015 were retrospectively analyzed regarding early late complications survival. An online survey assesse...

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy (LRPC) without additional abdominal incisions. Two sisters with familial adenomatous polyposis were enrolled. The colon and rectum were mobilized entirely through the five abdominal trocars. The terminal ileum and distal rectum were transected with endoscopic staplers. The entire colorectal spec...