Long-Term Surgical Outcomes and Pathological Analysis of Proctectomy Specimens after Subtotal Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis : A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Centre

Background: Reconstruction techniques after subtotal colectomy (STC) and end ileostomy for ulcerative colitis (UC), include ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA), ileorectal anastomosis (IRA) and continent ileostomy. Aim: To assess surgical strategies and outcomes after subtotal colectomy for UC by calculating the proportions of patients who had further surgery 10 years post-STC and those who did not undergo surgery but who were under surveillance, and histological analysis of pathology specimens from STC and proctectomy. Methods: Patients who had STC for UC from 2002 to 2018 were identified. Variables of interest were extracted from electronic records. Survival analysis on reconstruction surgery was performed using Kaplan-Meier curves. Curves were censored for loss from follow-up and death. Subtotal colectomy and proctectomy specimens were assessed by a pathologist for acute inflammation at the distal resection margin and within the resected bowel, and for dysplasia or cancer. Results: One hundred and ninety-two patients were included. Eighty-nine (46.3%) underwent proctectomy: eight had panproctocolectomy; thirty had completion proctectomy and the remaining fifty-one of the eighty-nine patients (27%) had IPAA. One patient who did not undergo a proctectomy had an ileorectal anastomosis. Sixty-one (69%) proctectomy specimens had active inflammation, with 29 (48%) including the resection margins. Of the 103 patients who did not have completion surgery, 72 (69%) were under surveillance as of August 2021. No patients in this non-operative group had developed cancer of the residual rectum at follow up. Conclusions: At 10 years after STC for UC, eighty-nine (46.4%) patients had proctectomy, of which fifty-two had IPAA (27%). However, no inflammation was found in the proctectomy specimen in one third of these patients. Therefore, it is possible that IRA may still have a role in the occasional patient with UC.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Journal of clinical medicine - 12(2023), 17 vom: 02. Sept.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prathivadi Bhayankaram, Kethaki [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Sebastian, Boby [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Wheeler, James [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Proctectomy
Surgery
Surgical outcomes
Ulcerative colitis

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Date Revised 11.09.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.3390/jcm12175729

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NLM361832885