[Surgical treatment of ulcerous colitis]

Ulcerative colitis, being a typical medical disease, is encountered by the surgeon only in the stage of toxic megacolon or in case of sever complications during conservative treatment such as perforation, haemorrhage or obstruction. The authors operated six young women where they performed as the only choice total proctocolectomy with formation of an ileal reservoir which was sutured to the rectum stripped of the mucosa. Despite the serious condition at the time of operation, the patients survive the operation, although the percentage of postoperative complications is high, with the exception of one patient who died on the 126th day after operation. The remainder survive in a fair condition with complete and continence.