Colectomy with ileoproctostomy for ulcerative colitis

Colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for colitis: Report on a personal series, with a critical review

“…It is clear from Table X that children are not the only patients to secure a 'good result'. This term is not accurately definable, but to us it means that a patient is enjoying good health, doing normal work and passing up to 6 stools in 24 h. Jagelman et al Ribet et al, 1973; Vink and Beerstecker, 1973;Mignon et al, 1974;Smith et al, 1974;Jones et al, 1977). (1969) suggested that surgeons may be more upset than their patients by high stool frequency and reports that 8-10 stools per day can be cheerfully accepted provided that general health is good.…”