This authoritative video shows the method of constructing a continent ileostomy or "Kock's Pouch". The authors show their technique in both a cadaveric model and also in a patient undergoing this procedure. The video is associated with a manuscript under submission with the journal Colorectal Disease and the text of this explains the place of this technique in the contemporary care of patients needing proctocolectomy for colitis and polyposis. Click Subscribe to this channel for the most up-to-date content!
Authors: A.L.A. Bloemendaal(1)*; R. Lovegrove(2); N.C. Buchs(1); R.J. Guy (1); B.D. George(1).
(1) Department of Colorectal Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
(2) Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, United Kingdom
Video associated with Colorectal Disease Journal (published by Wiley and associated with the Association of Coloproctology Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI), European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) and Spanish Society of Coloproctology (SSC).