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[Ileoanal reservoir: new concepts and current results]
M Muñoz-Juárez1, G S Waters, E Luque-de León
1Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Revista De Gastroenterologia De Mexico
|March 9, 1999
Abstract:
More than 1,800 ileoanal pouches have been performed at the Mayo Clinic since 1981 and results have been satisfactory in more than 90% of the patients. However, we continue to search for alternatives to improve postoperative results and avoid the complications that currently occur in a minority of patients. During the last two years new concepts and surgical techniques for the construction of the ileoanal reservoir have been described. Herein we present those innovations and compare them to our current institutional practice.