Download PDF
J Reconstr Microsurg 1988; 4(5): 359-361
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1006944
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

© 1988 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Microvascular Reconstruction of a Devascularized Ileal Segment During Ileo-Anal Anastomosis

Leland R. Chick, Richard E. Brown, Robert L. Walton
  • Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Further Information

Publication History

Accepted for publication 1988

Publication Date:
08 March 2008 (online)

Also available at
    Permissions and Reprints

ABSTRACT

Endorectal ileo-anal anastomosis has become a mainstay of continent bowel reconstruction after total colectomy. However, the procedure is often aborted because of lack of vessel length for the formation of the ileal pouch. The use of microsurgical techniques to lengthen mesenteric vessels and to allow completion of this valuable procedure is reported.