A 25-year-old nulliparous woman with ulcerative colitis (UC) returns to the clinic 2 months after undergoing elective laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy for medically refractory pancolitis. She has been tapered off corticosteroids, upadacitinib has been discontinued, and she has gained 10 pounds. She reports no history of perianal disease. Colectomy pathology revealed diffuse, chronic, severely active colitis with superficial ulceration and inflammation without terminal ileal inflammation or dysplasia. She is eager to proceed with laparoscopic IPAA.
CLINICAL QUESTIONS• Review of indications and contraindications for IPAA in patients with IBD. • Review of the technical aspects of IPAA construction, including mesentery lengthening maneuvers.Earn continuing medical education (CME) credit online at cme.lww. com. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA category 1 credit.Funding/Support: None reported.