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Rectal mucosal stripping: A technique for preservation of the rectum after total colectomy for chronic ulcerative colitis

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Rectal mucosal stripping is a technique for removal of diseased tissue secondary to chronic ulcerative colitis. It is a technique for the preservation of a functional rectum following a total colectomy. Subsequent mucosal regeneration can allow ileorectal anastomosis without fear of recurrent disease and with maintenance of general health and acceptable gastrointestinal tract function.

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    James M. Hampton M.D.

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  1. James M. Hampton M.D.
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Read at the meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, San Francisco, California, May 4 to 8, 1975.

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Hampton, J.M. Rectal mucosal stripping: A technique for preservation of the rectum after total colectomy for chronic ulcerative colitis. Dis Colon Rectum 19, 133–135 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590865

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