[Total colectomy with simultaneous ileorectostomy in severe nonspecific ulcerative colitis complicated by constriction of the rectum]

Abstract

Total colectomy with a one-stage ileorectostomy was fulfilled in 72 patients (67 children and 5 adult patients) with severe nonspecific ulcerative colitis by the method developed by the author. In 8 of the patients there was constriction of the rectum which required transanal finger bougieurage during the operation. None of the 72 patients had incompetence of the anastomosis. Follow-up observations during many years showed a rather high effect of the operation including the patients who had constriction of the rectum.