1998
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900364
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Total proctocolectomy and ileoanal pouch: the role of contrast studies for evaluating postoperative leaks

Abstract: Routine postoperative contrast studies revealed clinically silent leaks from the ileal J pouch or ileoanal anastomosis in three of 37 patients (8%) after the first stage of restorative proctocolectomy. Our findings suggest that routine contrast enema can detect clinically silent leaks after this surgery.

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“…Although many clinicians have an inborn fear of fatal complications due to an anastomotic leakage, there are few publications concerning the natural history of such leakage. When examined with contrast enemas, 8% of patients who had undergone proctocolectomy and pelvic pouch surgery with a diverting stoma were found to have a ‘silent leak’[28]. However, we do not know how many of those leakages would have produced clinical signs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although many clinicians have an inborn fear of fatal complications due to an anastomotic leakage, there are few publications concerning the natural history of such leakage. When examined with contrast enemas, 8% of patients who had undergone proctocolectomy and pelvic pouch surgery with a diverting stoma were found to have a ‘silent leak’[28]. However, we do not know how many of those leakages would have produced clinical signs.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They also found no diagnostic gain in comparison to clinical examination or after consideration of the individual medical history and postulated that fluoroscopic examination of ileostomies should be restricted to patients with suspected leakage, especially since children should be subjected to as limited radiation exposure as possible. Only Hrung et al in their study published in 1997 [11] demonstrated a good detection rate of leakage not previously detected clinically. They retrospectively evaluated 59 contrast studies of 40 patients after proctocolectomy and placement of an ileoanal pouch and an ileostomy.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…Bei der Stellung der Diagnose "Pouchitis" werden Ausschlussuntersuchungen zum Ausschluss sekundärer Pouchitisformen empfohlen. Für den Ausschluss chirurgischer Komplikationen sind Computertomographie [24], Kernspintomographie [25], Kontrasteinlauf [24,26] und Endosonographie [27] [30 -33, 35, 37, 38]. Aufgrund der Assoziation zwischen schwerer Zottenatrophie und Dysplasieentwicklung im Pouch [31,32,37,39,40] sollte bei jeder histologischen Begutachtung als Minimum eine semiquantitative Aussage zur Zottenhöhe erfolgen.…”
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