Increasing experience of modified two-stage transanal ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for therapy refractory ulcerative colitis. What have we learned? A retrospective analysis on 75 consecutive cases at a tertiary referral hospital.
Gabriele BislenghiB Martin-PerezS FieuwsAlbert M WolthuisA D'HoorePublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2020)
A modified two-stage Ta-IPAA is safe and feasible. Standardization and reproducibility of the technique are reflected in few conversions and intra-operative complications. Finally, morbidity and anastomotic leak do not differ from those reported in previous Ta-IPAA series with a variable proportion of multistage procedures.