title: Strategy for the difficult-to-reach ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: technical steps of an in vivo application of a mesenteric-lengthening technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.affiliation: General Surgery, Hospital Fernandez and Colon and Rectum Section, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tognelli
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Surgery Unit, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Kartheuser
authors.affiliation: Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. dozois.eric@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Dozois
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000601:surgery*; D039021:Colonic Pouches; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008488:Medical Illustration; D008643:Mesentery / Q000601:surgery*; D016737:Proctocolectomy, Restorative / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult