Colon J-pouch rectal reconstruction after total or subtotal proctectomy.
Multiple stools, urgency, and episodic frequency are common during the first 6 months after proctectomy and coloanal or low colorectal reconstruction. We used an 8-cm colon J-pouch in 23 patients and have confirmed that this approach obviates much of this early dysfunction.
Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*