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| Title |
Rectosigmoid stump washout as an alternative to permanent mucous fistula in patients undergoing subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis in emergency settings
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| Published in |
BMC Surgery, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2482-12-s1-s31 |
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| Authors |
Gianluca Pellino, Guido Sciaudone, Giuseppe Candilio, Silvestro Canonico, Francesco Selvaggi |
| Abstract |
Restorative proctocolectomy with ileopouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the treatment of choice for intractable or complicated ulcerative colitis(UC). Elderly patients often present with acute colitis requiring emergent subtotal colectomy(SC). Frail patients are at risk of developing septic complications related to the closed rectosigmoidal stump, often requiring formation of a second stoma to be reversed at the time of completion proctectomy. This carries nuisance to such exhausted patients. We propose a simple and inexpensive trick to avoid the need for creating a mucous fistula. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 43 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 43 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 19% |
| Unknown | 7 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 49% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 5% |
| Psychology | 2 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 14% |