During J-pouch surgery, a surgeon removes your colon and rectum and uses your small intestine to create an internal pouch for waste collection. For some people, this method is preferred to wearing ...

Instead, a surgeon removes your colon and rectum and uses your small intestine to form an internal pouch or reservoir that serves as a new rectum. This pouch is connected to the anus. There are ...

It's a good option if you'd like to get your ileostomy made into an internal pouch. It's also an option if an IPAA isn't possible. This surgery makes a stoma but doesn't require a bag. The colon ...

a surgeon will remove the colon and rectum and use the end of the small intestine to form an internal pouch, which is commonly shaped like a J. “I think of it as a replacement colon,” says ...

a procedure known as a j-pouch surgery is often the next step, wherein a surgeon removes the colon and rectum and uses the end of the small intestine to form an internal pouch, which is commonly ...

It may be done as a primary procedure, when the colon and rectum are removed, or to modify a pre-existing ileostomy. A pouch incorporating a collar and an isoperistaltic valve is created using the ...

The risk of IPAA adenocarcinoma is very high, even many years after the initial surgical procedure. Therefore, lifelong follow-up and periodic pouch surveillance should be routinely performed.

They usually occur in the lower part of the colon, known as the sigmoid colon. A single pouch is known as a diverticulum. Diverticular bleeding happens when small blood vessels in the wall of the ...