ileo-anal pouch

Introduction

• an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy
• is an internal reservoir, usually situated where the rectum would normally be

Procedure

• formed by folding loops of ileumback on themselves & stitching or stapling them together
• internal walls are then removed thus forming a reservoir
• the reservoir is then stitched or stapled to the perineum prviouslu occupied by the rectum

More general terms

• intestinal surgery

Additional terms

• pouchitis