The ileal pouch anal anastomosis or J-pouch procedure is typically recommended ... It also reduces the risk of future colon cancer. Recovery from a J-pouch procedure can take several weeks. During the ...

In places where the surgery is done correctly, that type of colostomy should not be done unless it's being done to protect the anastomosis ... well known surgeons. So rectal surgery is an art ...

The colorectal surgeons at Baylor Medicine have unique expertise in some of the newest, most innovative, minimally invasive surgical procedures for patients with problems related to the colon, rectum, ...

Healthy colon tissue will be attached back together, called an anastomosis. Or, a stoma will be created for a colostomy or an ...

[6] Duthie et al. reported only a 7% incidence of surgical site infection and one anastomotic leak in a series of 100 consecutive colorectal cases performed by one individual surgeon. [7] As in ...

These two measures applied only to the 84% of participants whose surgery had included an anastomosis—that is, a reconnection of the healthy sections of their colon after the cancerous portion had been ...

Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required. To avoid life-altering ...

Surgery for colorectal cancer has been both positive ... Hemorrhage, hernia, postoperative ileus, anastomotic leakage, stenosis, and urinary retention were all AEs reported. Severe AEs made ...

identified specific risk factors for surgical site infection following elective colorectal surgery among ... with and without clinical anastomotic leak, were 4.7% and 3%, and 2% and 0.8% ...