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BillVMember

Jo, BCIR stands for Barnett Continent Intestinal Reservoir, a modification of the K pouch that has a collar of intestinal tissue to better stabilize the valve. Both the BCIR and the K pouch have a high success rate (about 94%), high patient satisfaction and work the same way. I must caution you that many surgeons are either not knowledgeable about these procedures or may speak negatively about them. Hopefully, your surgeon can give you some positive feedback. Both of the continent ileostomy procedures are much more complex than the end ileostomy and are performed by a limited number of surgeons.

There is an excellent website for my BCIR surgeon, Dr. Ernest Rehnke: www.bcir.com. This website has lots of information about the procedure, an informative video presentation and you can request a list of about 300 people with BCIR’s who you can contact. I would be happy to provide additional information if you would send me a PM with your contact information.

Bill

8/21/177:47 PM

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