Restorative proctocolectomy in IBD: does it fit elderly patients too?

laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy in adenomatus patients

An audit of restorative proctocolectomy.

A total of 168 restorative proctocolectomies have been performed without mortality during the past nine years. Morbidity from pelvic sepsis (12%), ileoanal stricture (15%), and pouch related fistulas (16%) have become less with increasing experience of the operation. Pouch excision, which occurred in 30% of the first 50 patients was undertaken in only 4% in the last 68 patients. Despite this, i...

Complications and functional outcomes of restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis in the elderly

BACKGROUND Restorative proctocolectomy with ileopouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the treatment of choice for intractable or complicated ulcerative colitis (UC). Debate exists concerning outcomes of IPAA in the elderly and literature data are scarce. We report our experience of IPAA in older population. METHODS We gathered data on a prospective database of patients undergoing IPAA for UC over ...

Qualitative research: does it fit in economics?

This article discusses the role that case studies, built upon open-ended interviews with economic actors, can play in economic research. It argues that such material cannot be treated directly as empirical evidence. Rather it provides a way of building theory, by offering a critical perspective on the standard theoretical assumptions of the discipline and offering alternatives with which to con...

Ergonomic Music: Where Does it Fit In?

In this paper we present the idea of ergonomic instruments: musical devices that focus on minimising the learning curve of musicians by mapping inherent musical actions to the creation of music. We situate ergonomic instruments in the context of existing relevant work, and then discuss a new methodology towards the development of musical instruments including exploration of a musical goal which...