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Redo IPAA for long rectal cuff syndrome after ileoanal pouch for inflammatory bowel disease

When constructing an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA), the rectal cuff should ideally be 1–2 cm long to avoid subsequent complications.

Marianna Maspero, David Liska, Hermann Kessler… in Techniques in Coloproctology (2024)

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Surgical Options for the Treatment of Perianal and Anovaginal Fistulas in the Setting of Ileoanal Pouch Crohn’s Disease: Experience of a Tertiary Center

The leading cause of pouch failure following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis are peri-pouch fistulas and pelvic sepsis.

Ana M. Otero-Piñeiro, Tracy Hull, Stefan Holubar… in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2023)

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Clinical issues facing pouch patients: an introduction to a special issue on the ileal pouch

For over 40 years, restorative proctocolectomy has been used in patients with ulcerative colitis or familial adenomatous polyposis undergoing proctocolectomy. Radiologists are now encountering an increasing nu...

Mark E. Baker, Tracy Hull, Stefan Holubar, Amy Lightner, Taha Qazi in Abdominal Radiology (2023)

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Future directions in imaging pouches

The sections of this special issue on the ileal pouch demonstrate that in the nearly 45 years since the ileal pouch has been utilized to treat patients with colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, a substa...

Mark E Baker, Joel G Fletcher, James Church, Tracy Hull, Bari Dane… in Abdominal Radiology (2023)

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Entero-Gynecologic Fistula: A Rare Complication of Penetrating Crohn’s Disease

Ana M. Otero-Piñeiro, Katherine Falloon… in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery (2023)

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Laparoscopic surgery for complex Crohn’s disease: perioperative and long-term results from a propensity matched cohort

Laparoscopic surgery for complicated Crohn’s (CD) is often technically challenging. Previous studies are limited by the comparison of heterogeneous cohorts of patients undergoing laparoscopic vs open surgery. ...

Tara M. Connelly, Cillian Clancy… in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2022)

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When should we add a diverting loop ileostomy to laparoscopic ileocolic resection for primary Crohn’s disease?

The aims of this study were to determine risk factors for morbidity associated with laparoscopic ileocolic resection (LICR) for Crohn’s disease (CD) and whether the addition of a diverting ileostomy is associa...

Yong Sik Yoon, Luca Stocchi, Stefan Holubar, Alexandra Aiello… in Surgical Endoscopy (2021)

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Consensus Definitions and Interpretation Templates for Fluoroscopic Imaging of Defecatory Pelvic Floor Disorders

Ian Paquette, David Rosman, Rania El Sayed, Tracy Hull… in Techniques in Coloproctology (2021)

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Anorectal Physiology in Low Rectal Resection Syndrome

Bowel dysfunction after restorative surgery for rectal cancer is not uncommon and has been linked to the postoperative quality of life impairment. In this chapter, we will discuss the pathophysiology of low an...

Nouf Y. Akeel, Tracy Hull in Anorectal Physiology (2020)

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Surgical outcomes of patients treated with ustekinumab vs. vedolizumab in inflammatory bowel disease: a matched case analysis

The association between preoperative use of monoclonal antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and postoperative complications is controversial, especially for the latest approved biologics, us...

Matteo Novello, Luca Stocchi, Stefan Holubar… in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2019)

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Use of Antiadhesive Barriers in Pouch Surgery

Ileal-pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is a desired option for many ulcerative colitis (UC) patients since it provides the opportunity for restoration of intestinal continuity. Nonetheless, there is no difference...

Adina Feinberg, Tracy Hull in Mastery of IBD Surgery (2019)

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Pelvic Floor Disorders Related to Urology and Gynecology

Multicompartment pelvic floor disorders are common. Twenty three percent of patients undergoing surgery for fecal incontinence or rectal prolapse have both urinary incontinence and genital prolapse. A focused,...

Nouf Y. Akeel, Brooke Gurland, Tracy Hull in Fundamentals of Anorectal Surgery (2019)

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Should we offer ventral rectopexy to patients with recurrent external rectal prolapse?

For patients with rectal prolapse undergoing Ventral Rectopexy (VR), the impact of prior prolapse surgery on prolapse recurrence is not well described.

Brooke Gurland… in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2017)

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Which Patients with Fecal Incontinence Require Physiologic Workup?

Anal physiology testing is part of the initial diagnostic workup used in patients presenting with fecal incontinence (FI) but the value in defining the disease severity, predicting and assessing treatment outc...

Tracy Hull, Nouf Y. Akeel MD in Difficult Decisions in Colorectal Surgery (2017)

Reference Work Entry In depth

A Surgeon for the Pelvic Floor: Dream or Reality?

As surgeons, we have evolved from barber surgeons to superspecialists. In the future, the pelvic floor surgeon will be even more specialized and most likely cross-trained so there is true understanding of all ...

Tracy Hull in Colon, Rectum and Anus: Anatomic, Physiolo… (2017)

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An International Urogynecological Association (IUGA)/International Continence Society (ICS) joint report on the terminology for female anorectal dysfunction

The terminology for anorectal dysfunction in women has long been in need of a specific clinically-based Consensus Report.

Abdul H. Sultan, Ash Monga, Joseph Lee… in International Urogynecology Journal (2017)