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Cæcal Pull‐Through Operations for Distal Ulcerative Colitis: A Preliminary Report
Author(s) -
HUGHES E. S. R.,
BENNETT R. C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb06732.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , colectomy , anastomosis , proximal colon , surgery , anal sphincter , distal colon , gastroenterology , colitis , general surgery , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , colorectal cancer , cancer
Six patients with distal ulcerative colitis and a relatively normal proximal colon have been treated by colectomy followed by a caecal pull‐through type of anastomosis and preservation of the anal sphincters. The early results in five patients have been quite encouraging and suggest that this procedure may earn a place in the management of selected patients with this disease.