Short learning curve in transition from laparoscopic to robotic-assisted rectal cancer surgery: a prospective study from a Finnish Tertiary Referral Centre.

The narrow pelvis causes special challenges in surgery, and robotic-assisted surgery has been proven beneficial in these circumstances. While robotic surgery has some specific advantages in rectal cancer surgery, there is still limited evidence of the learning curve of the technique involved. The aim here was to study the transition from laparoscopic to robotic-assisted surgery among experienced laparoscopic surgeons.

Long-term outcomes of patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis treated with cyclosporine rescue therapy.

Background And Aims: The early outcomes of ulcerative colitis (UC) after rescue therapy with cyclosporine A (CyA) are well known. Published data on the safety of this treatment in perioperative use and data on the long-term prognosis are scarce and are investigated here.

Methods: All UC patients treated with CyA in Tampere University Hospital between 2009 and 2018 were reviewed from patient records.

Pouch failures following restorative proctocolectomy in ulcerative colitis.

Purpose: Restorative proctocolectomy (RPC) is the most common operation in ulcerative colitis. Nevertheless, permanent ileostomy will sometimes be unavoidable. The aim was to evaluate the reasons for pouch failure and early morbidity after pouch excision.

Long-term functional outcome after restorative proctocolectomy: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Restorative proctocolectomy is the procedure of choice in the surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis. Functional outcome is the key result of surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long term-functional outcome after the procedure.

Predictors of quality-of-life after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Objectives: Predictors of the postoperative quality of life (QoL) following ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) have not been thoroughly investigated. This study was planned to assess the postoperative QoL following IPAA and to identify its predictors using the 15D instrument.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on IPAA-operated patients with ulcerative colitis in two Finnish tertiary hospitals during the period 1985-2014 (n = 485).