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. 1983 Jan;197(1):99–105.

The endorectal pull-through for the management of ulcerative colitis in children and adults.

A G Coran, T M Sarahan, T L Dent, R Fiddian-Green, J R Wesley, F T Jordan
PMCID: PMC1352861  PMID: 6848060

Abstract

Between June 1977 and November 1981, 26 children and adults with ulcerative colitis have undergone a total colectomy, an endorectal dissection of the rectal mucosa, and an ileoanostomy. A combined abdominoperineal approach was used to perform the operation, and the mucosal-submucosal rectal tube was dissected out intact from the abdominal approach. Every patient survived the operation and showed marked clinical improvement presumably due to resection of the diseased colon. Three patients developed intestinal obstruction that was successfully treated with an enterolysis. A rectal cuff abscess and a retroperitoneal abscess were the only other complications. The postoperative stooling pattern of each patient was obtained through detailed interviews. All the patients were continent during the day and at night one month after surgery. Twenty-two patients had a median stool frequency of seven per 24 hours one month after surgery. At one year, the average number of stools was seven per day. Six patients experienced a stool frequency of seven per 24 hours two years after surgery. The results with this series of patients had encouraged the authors to continue to recommend this approach to children and adults with ulcerative colitis, since it offers an alternative lifestyle that is more attractive to certain patients than the presence of an abdominal stoma.

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