between your small bowel and back passage (rectum). This is called an ileorectal anastomosis. Some people may also need their rectum removed during surgery. Your surgeon will only do this if it is ...

The ileal pouch anal anastomosis or J-pouch procedure is typically recommended ... It also reduces the risk of future colon cancer. Recovery from a J-pouch procedure can take several weeks. During the ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Ileostomy and colostomy are two types of ostomy surgery that treat diseases and conditions affecting the digestive system. Both include the creation of a ...

Our Colorectal Surgery Program at Baylor St. Luke’s has been ranked ... These options include transanal excision (e.g., TaTME, TEM, TAMIS), excision of the entire rectum with anastomosis of the colon ...

These two measures applied only to the 84% of participants whose surgery had included an anastomosis—that is, a reconnection of the healthy sections of their colon after the cancerous portion ...

In places where the surgery is done correctly ... it's being done to protect the anastomosis, which means where they are putting back the two pieces of bowel, so they are protecting that with ...

The more immature the infant, the more likely that infant will require surgery. [2,13 ... These include primary anastomosis, the "patch, drain and wait" approach, the "clip and drop back" approach ...