Pancolo-mucosal proctectomy with ileo-anal anastomosis - abstract

ABSTRACT

Preservation of the ano-rectal spinchter and lower rectal muscle cuff following total colectomy and a mucosal protectomy with ileo-anal anastomosis (CMP - IAA) effectively removes all the debilitating, potentially malignant colonic mucosa and results in good to excellent continence. Since 1983 at U.H.W.I., Mona, five (5) patients have undergone CMP - IAA for colonic mucosal dysplasia and multicentric adenocarcinoma (1), familial polyposis coli (1), juvenile polyposis coli (1) and ulcerative colitis (2). Four out of five have had clousure of their temporary diverting ileostomy and all have good to excellent anal continence, with an average of 2 - 6 stools/day. There were no deaths and an unremarkable post-operative course was noted in all except one patient with over a 20-year history of steriod-controlled ulcerative colitis. She had a prolonged stormy post-operative course, rectal cuff abscess and resulting ileo-anal stricturing. Not withstanding this, she has good anal continence, but requires digital dilation. This initial experience of the U.H.W.I. group compares favourably with over 2,500 cases in the current literature and establishes CMP - IAA as the procedure of choice in this group of young, active patients (AU)