title: Current efforts to retain continence in the surgery of ulcerative colitis.
abstract: In the light of his own personal experiences and the published experiences of others, the author has attempted an assessment of the value of the continent ileostomy, ileo-rectal anastomosis and ileo-anal pull-through anastomosis with or without an ileal reservoir in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy