Functional outcomes of transanal versus transabdominal restorative proctectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in ulcerative colitis—a monocentric retrospective comparative study

• Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery Vol. 407; no. 8; pp. 3607 - 3614
• Main Authors: Bislenghi, Gabriele, Denolf, Melvin, Fieuws, Steffen, Wolthuis, Albert, D’Hoore, André
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Thoracic Surgery; Traumatic Surgery; Vascular Surgery; Ileitis; Functional outcomes; Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS); Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA); Pouch function; Ulcerative colitis; Quality of life

Background Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) ensures satisfactory gastro-intestinal function and quality of life (QoL) in patients with refractory ulcerative colitis (UC). The transanal approach to proctectomy and IPAA (Ta-IPAA) has been developed to address the technical shortfalls of the traditi...