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Persistent ileitis after ileal salvage from a failed Kock pouch
Author(s) -
SILVA H. J. DE,
MORTENSEN N. J. McC.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1992.tb00999.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ileitis , pouch , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , crohn's disease , disease
A case of persistent ileitis following the refashioning of a Kock ileal pouch into a Brooke ileostomy for severe pouchitis is reported. Preserving the terminal ileum by a salvage procedure may not be a safe alternative to pouch excision with the formation of a new end ileostomy in the surgical management of pouchitis refractory to medical treatment.