title: Restorative proctectomy after emergency laparoscopic colectomy for ulcerative colitis: a case-matched study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate feasibility and safety of restorative proctectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) through a Pfannenstiel incision after prior laparoscopic colectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen patients who underwent restorative proctectomy after laparoscopic emergency colectomy for ulcerative colitis (UC) were prospectively evaluated. Results were compared with results of a group of 21 case matched patients that had restorative proctectomy and IPAA via a midline incision in the same period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median operation time was longer, although not significantly, in patients who had a restorative proctectomy through a pfannenstiel (186 min) compared to a restorative proctectomy through a midline incision (158 min). Procedure related complications were comparable between the groups, respectively, 1 of 17 patients in the pfannenstiel group and 3 of 21 patients in the median laparotomy group. Median hospital stay in the pfannenstiel group was 10 days and in the midline group 12 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  After laparoscopic assisted emergency colectomy for ulcerative colitis, restorative proctectomy is feasible and can be performed safely through a Pfannenstiel incision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maartense
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dunker
authors.forename: J F M
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Slors
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gouma
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Bemelman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000601:surgery*; D004630:Emergencies; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome