Ileorectal anastomosis: appreciation by patients.
Two hundred patients treated by ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis were questioned about their opinion of the result of their operation. The vast majority of patients led normal business and social lives and their activities had been greatly altered for the better by this operation.
D001066:Appetite; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001835:Body Weight; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D003863:Depression; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*