All three children undergoing primary anastomosis developed a leak or fistula formation. 22 of 102 children with ulcerative colitis (22%) required surgery. Definitive procedures (n = 17) included ...

CONTEXT: Controversy regarding the best operative choice for familial adenomatous polyposis lays between the morbidity of restorative proctocolectomy and the supposed mortality due to rectal cancer ...

There are however, four surgical options: ileorectal anastomosis, restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, proctocolectomy with ileostomy, and proctocolectomy with ...

Subtotal colectomy with ileosigmoid or ileorectal anastomosis may have improved outcomes but is not well studied. Due to increased risk for colorectal cancer in PSC-IBD, there is hesitancy to perform ...

Analyses also compared the uses of ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA), ileorectal anastomosis (IRA), and continent ileostomy (CI). Overall, women with IBD vs the matched reference cohort had lower ...

Researchers discuss a new clinical trial that will determine the efficacy of butyrate administration in preventing colon cancer.

There were 345 patients with familial polyposis who met inclusion criteria and underwent either proctocolectomy with pouch or colectomy with an ileorectal anastomosis.

Although potential surgical alternatives, such as total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis, can be considered based on the patient's age, female fertility, and sexual function impairment.

Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis developed ileal adenomas more often than patients with end ileostomy after proctocolectomy, according to research ...

Introduction A higher rate of anastomotic leakage (AL) is reported after ileosigmoid anastomosis (ISA) or ileorectal anastomosis (IRA) in total or subtotal colectomy (TSC) compared with colonic or ...