ILEOSTOMY FOR CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS (END RESULTS AND COMPLICATIONS IN 185 CASES)

Abstract

The study included 185 patients operated on consecutively at the Mayo Clinic in the yrs. from 1913 through 1939, or a period of 27 yrs. During this period 186 patients suffering from "chronic ulcerative colitis" underwent ileostomy at some time during the course of their disease. It was concluded that for patients with chronic ulcerative colitis, ileostomy is the only method of diverting the fecal stream which is practicable and which is at least reasonably satisfactory.