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Reply to "Re: Floppy J Pouch"

regarding "Floppy Pouch Syndrone " excerpts from a recent Lancet article,

Diagnosis and classification of ileal pouch disorders: consensus guidelines from the International Ileal Pouch Consortium

citation is below

. . .  Various forms of extrinsic pouch strictures can occur in patients with restorative proctocolectomy and IPAA or continent ileostomy. Floppy pouch complex has increasingly been recognised . . . . The phenotypes of floppy pouch complex are best shown with contrast pouchography, barium or magnetic resonance defecography, and pouchoscopy ...

Pouch prolapse is the most common phenotype of floppy pouch complex . . . The most commonly prolapsed segments are the anterior wall of the distal pouch body and the cuff. Prolapsed bowel can partially or completely block the pouch outlet and it can protrude outside the anus . . . Patients with circumferential prolapse can present with pouch intussusception . . . In a survey study of 269 colorectal surgeons who did a total of 23541 pouches, 83 pouches (0·4%) were reported as having prolapse symptoms.29 Of 3176 patients who underwent ileal pouch surgery in the Cleveland Clinic, 11 (0·3%) were diagnosed with pouch prolapse.  

www.thelancet.com/gastrohep Published online August 17, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00101-1

I suspect the phenomenon is more common than had been reported in the literature reviewed for these guidelines.

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