It is often done in a minimally invasive fashion which involves the use of small incisions and specialized instruments to complete the procedure. The ileal pouch anal anastomosis or J-pouch procedure ...

In a landmark procedure, a 29-year-old patient suffering from symptomatic ulcerative colitis (UC) has undergone a successful laparoscopic restorative proctectomy and J-pouch surgery at Mediclinic ...

However, marginal ulcers still recur in up to 10% of cases after revisional surgery ... gastrectomy by laparoscopic en-bloc resection of the gastrojejunostomy, the gastric pouch and resection ...

which finally required an aggressive approach consisting of laparoscopic gastric pouch and gastric remnant resection.