Totally laparoscopic total proctocolectomy: A safe alternative to open surgery in inflammatory bowel disease

• Published in: Inflammatory bowel diseases Vol. 18; no. 5; pp. 863 - 868
• Main Authors: Holder‐Murray, Jennifer, Zoccali, Marco, Hurst, Roger D., Umanskiy, Konstantin, Rubin, Michele, Fichera, Alessandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2012
• Subjects: Colectomy; Colitis, Ulcerative - surgery; Crohn Disease - surgery; Crohn's disease; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal Perforation; laparoscopic; Laparoscopy; Male; Middle Aged; Proctocolectomy; Proctocolectomy, Restorative; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ulcerative colitis

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients have a high incidence of wound and overall postoperative complications. A totally laparoscopic approach could potentially reduce these risks. We adopted totally laparoscopic total proctocolectomy (TL‐TPC) using the perineal wound for extraction a...