title: Ileorectal anastomosis for inflammatory bowel disease: 15-year follow-up.
abstract: A personal series (E.S.R.H.) of 37 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, treated by colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis 15 years or more ago, is reviewed. Twenty-one patients (57 per cent) continue to be in satisfactory condition. Patients subjected to the two-stage operation have a notably lower rate of conversion to ileostomy than those treated by one-stage colectomy. One patient developed a carcinoma of the rectal stump. This 15-year review leads support to the opinion that ileorectal anastomosis has an important place in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*