Equivalency of short-term perioperative outcomes after open, laparoscopic, and robotic ileal pouch anal anastomosis. Does procedure complexity override operative approach?

Background: Ileal pouch anal anastomosis is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis undergoing a proctocolectomy and desiring bowel continuity. It is a technically complex operation associated with significant morbidity and may be perfo...

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Main Authors: Dorcas Opoku, Alexander Hart, MPH, Dakota T. Thompson, MD, Catherine G. Tran, MD, Mohammed O. Suraju, MD, Jeremy Chang, MD, Sonja Boatman, MD, Alexander Troester, MD, Paolo Goffredo, MD, Imran Hassan, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258984502200032X