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Thirty-seven patients underwent construction of a J-ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) without temporary diverting ileostomy for chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC) (20 patients), familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) (15 patients), indeterminate colitis (1 patient) and nonhereditary polyposis coli (1 patient) between 1981 and 1990. Seven of 20 CUC patients (35 percent) were on steroids at the time of hospital admission. The postoperative course of these patients was compared with that of a group of patients undergoing IPAA with ileostomy during that same time period and matched for age, sex, diagnosis, date of surgery, and steroid use. Eight patients (22 percent) in the group without ileostomy and four patients (11 percent) with ileostomy experienced one or more postoperative pouch-related complications. Complications requiring reoperation in patients without ileostomy occurred more frequently in patients either taking steroids or having previous pelvic radiation therapy. Functional results in patients undergoing one-stage procedures after a mean of 28 postoperative months were comparable to those in patients having staged procedures. Surgeons' criteria for a one-stage procedure in these patients should include absolute lack of tension on the anastomosis, good blood supply to the terminal ileum, good general health, and absence of recent intake of steroids at the time of surgery. We conclude that J-pouch construction with IPAA can be safely performed without diverting ileostomy, provided that these selection factors are taken into account.
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Read at the meeting of The American Society of Colon ar Rectal Surgeons, St. Louis, Missouri, April 29 to May 4, 1990.
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Galandiuk, S., Wolff, B.G., Dozois, R.R. et al. Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis without ileostomy. Dis Colon Rectum 34, 870–873 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049699
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049699