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Prophylactic surgery in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)—a single surgeon’s short- and long-term experience with hand-assisted proctocolectomy and smaller J-pouches

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Abstract

Purpose

Prophylactic proctocolectomy with an ileoanal neo-reservoir is the established procedure in non-attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Traditionally, the ileal J-pouch is created by doubling 15 cm of the terminal ileum. Pouch inlet problems are not infrequently encountered in longer pouches. On this rationale, this series reports on the functional outcome and quality of life (QoL) following standardized construction of a shorter J-pouch with a limb of 8–9 cm length.

Methods

All patients of a single-surgeon series with FAP who underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic proctocolectomy and small ileal pouch-anal anastomosis as the primary procedure between 10/2005 and 04/2010 and responded to the questionnaire were included and retrospectively analyzed.

Results

A total of 46 patients (78 %) out of the consecutive series who underwent operation in this period were included in the study. After a mean follow-up of 38 months, 40/46 patients (87 %) did not report any incontinence and 3 patients (6.5 %) complained about occasional nocturnal incontinence (3 failed to answer this question). The mean stool frequency per 24 h was 6.25.

No significant difference was encountered between the QoL outcome of our patients versus the German normative population. Comparable results were achieved in a study analyzing the long-term results in FAP patients with a 15-cm pouch.

Conclusions

Smaller, 8–9 cm J-pouches show excellent functional results both in short- and in long-term results. The hand-assisted procedure was safe and no conversions were required. QoL is equal to a normative population, as it is in a series of patients with larger J-pouches.

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    Ralph Schneider, Claudia Schneider, Anne Dalchow & Gabriela Möslein

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Schneider, R., Schneider, C., Dalchow, A. et al. Prophylactic surgery in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)—a single surgeon’s short- and long-term experience with hand-assisted proctocolectomy and smaller J-pouches. Int J Colorectal Dis 30, 1109–1115 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-015-2223-9

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