The Kock Pouch

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Myrelid, Pär (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Block, Mattias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Rectum-Surgery .; Gastroenterology .; Colorectal Surgery.; Gastroenterology.

This book is about the recently revived technique of Kock pouch in inflammatory bowel disease. It discusses the Kock pouch as an alternative to patients not suitable for a pelvic pouch or where the pelvic pouch has failed. It provides clinicians with all the necessary information on patient guidance...

Table of Contents:

• History of the pouch
• Preclinical studies
• Development
• Indications
• Contraindications
• Patient information
• Techniques
• Converting a pelvic pouch to a Kock pouch
• The Kock pouch as a pelvic pouch
• Pre-, per- and post-operative strategy
• Postoperative care
• Stoma therapists
• Follow up and surveillance
• Problems
• Pouchitis
• Complications
• Re-operations
• Failure
• Alternative models .