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With the retirement of Dr. Rehnke, there is currently only one BCIR center that is located in Los Angeles with Dr. Schiller and Dr. Benyamini.  However, the K pouch procedure is very similar to the BCIR and functions exactly the same as the BCIR and have similar success rates.  There are a number of surgeons who do K pouches and a list of them can be found on the Quality Life Association’s website (qla-ostomy.com) under the Medical Info tab.  In spite of the limited number of surgeons who perform continent ileostomy procedures, there are many thousands of us who have them and are able to get the support needed when complications happen, even if it means traveling away from home.  For us, the inconvenience of travel far outweighs having the issues associated with having an external bag.

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