Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy for colitis ulcerosa

Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is the operation of choice today for colitis ulcerosa and familial polyposis. Besides the standard surgical treatment via laparotomy, the restorative proctocolectomy is increasingly performed using minimal invasive surgery. Two technologies are coming in to use, the hand-assisted laparoscopic method (HALS) and the standard laparoscopic technique. After getting experience in segmental laparoscopic colonic resections, we performed a laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy in a 34-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis. Failed medical treatment and seve…