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Pouchogram: Predictor of clinical outcome following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Among 914 patients undergoing ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) between January 1981 and June 1989, 463 (51 percent) had a pouchogram (meglumine diatrizoate [Gastrografin ®;E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ] enema) to assess anastomosis and ileal pouch integrity before closure of the ileostomy. The aim was to determine whether a pouchogram was useful in predicting clinical outcome. Results: Abnormal findings were present in 74 patients (16 percent). These included anastomotic and pouch leaks and anastomotic strictures. Pouchograms were normal in the remaining 389 patients (84 percent). The incidence of significant anastomotic stricturing requiring dilatation under anesthesia was much higher in the abnormal than in the normal pouchogram group (33 percent vs.4 percent, respectively;P <0.001). More significantly, an abnormal pouchogram was associated with an overall long-term failure rate of 23 percent, compared with 6 percent for a normal pouchogram (P <0.001). Conclusion: Abnormal findings in a pouchogram prior to ileostomy closure indicated those patients at high risk of long-term complications following IPAA.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Section of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota

    Jane I. Tsao M.D. & John H. Pemberton M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

    Susan Galandiuk M.D.

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Read at the meeting of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts, May 12 to 17, 1991.

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Tsao, J.I., Galandiuk, S. & Pemberton, J.H. Pouchogram: Predictor of clinical outcome following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Dis Colon Rectum 35, 547–551 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02050534

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