The Kock Pouch

Pär Myrelid is senior consultant colorectal surgeon at the Department of Surgery at Linköping University Hospital where he was head of the Colorectal Unit 2009-15. He was trained in Linköping but was also senior fellow in IBD surgery at Oxford University Hospitals. He wrote his PhD thesis on surgery and immunomodulation in Crohn's disease. He has written guidelines for the Swedish Gastroenterology Society on Perianal Crohn's disease and been expert in guidelines on biological therapy in IBD for the Swedish Medical Products Agency. He has published numerous articles within colorectal surgery and especially on surgery within IBD and a reviewer of numerous journals within gastroenterology and surgery and is also associate editor of Colorectal Diseases. Together with Mattias Block and Jonas Bengtsson he has also arranged an international work shop on Kock pouch surgery and has previously arranged a number of national and international meetings within the field. He is currently the president of the Swedish Society of Colorectal Surgery.

History of the pouch.- Preclinical studies.- Development.- Indications.- Contraindications.- Patient information.- Techniques .- Converting a pelvic pouch to a Kock pouch.- The Kock pouch as a pelvic pouch.- Pre-, per- and post-operative strategy.- Postoperative care.- Stoma therapists.- Follow up and surveillance.- Problems.- Pouchitis.- Complications .- Re-operations.- Failure.- Alternative models      

"This book brings the knowledge and valuable experiences of a few experts at international centres to a large audience. This is an indispensable guide for colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists and stoma therapists involved in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease where colectomy is still needed, either in an emergency setting or due to dysplasia or cancer." (MagSi Magazin, Issue 111, December, 2018)

“This book brings the knowledge and valuable experiences of a few experts at international centres to a large audience. This is an indispensable guide for colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists and stoma therapists involved in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease where colectomy is still needed, either in an emergency setting or due to dysplasia or cancer.” (MagSi Magazin, Issue 111, December, 2018)