[Complications and corrective surgery after ileal pouch-anal reconstruction?]

Proctocolectomy with ileal J‑pouch-anal and rectal reconstruction is the standard surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis, selected cases of Crohn's disease, FAP and multilocular colon carcinoma. Although this treatment has been continuously developed over the last 40 years, the long-term success rate is 80-90% of the treated patients. The reasons for this are manifold: chronic pouchitis, incontinence, secondary diagnosis of Crohn's disease, fistulas, severe surgical complications, rectal stump left for too long, chronic abscess and surgical technical errors. This article deals with the control of acute complications and with the management of long-term complications. Some of the triggering complications for pouch failure do not generally imply failure of the method. A correction, closure of the fistula and in individual cases also a completely new pouch creation can restore a good pouch function in about 75% of cases. Various indications, techniques and results are presented.