QUEST FOR CONTINENCE - SURGERY FOR ULCERATIVE-COLITIS AND FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS

Authors
TAYLOR TV BHANDARKAR DS SEEHRA HK
Citation
Tv. Taylor et al., QUEST FOR CONTINENCE - SURGERY FOR ULCERATIVE-COLITIS AND FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 51(3), 1994, pp. 108-110
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British Journal of Hospital Medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071064
Volume
51
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
108 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1064(1994)51:3<108:QFC-SF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In the past decade pelvic pouch procedure (restorative proctocolectomy ) has become the surgical treatment of choice for ulcerative colitis a nd most cases of familial adenomatous polyposis. It is an operation th at eradicates disease yet restores gastrointestinal continuity and mai ntains continence.