Current efforts to retain continence in the surgery of ulcerative colitis.
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.
D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy