Samir Pandya
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Patients with severe ulcerative colitis who are emaciated, hypoalbuminemic, on steroids, and in poor nutritional status often require three-stage surgery: subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy, then subsequent J-pouch creation.
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Crohn's Disease
Endorectal dissection technique (similar to Hirschsprung surgery) can be performed safely for ulcerative colitis J-pouch even in relatively sick patients, as long as a diverting ileostomy is created.
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Crohn's Disease
Isolated terminal ileal Crohn's disease may be a separate disease entity from perianal or diffuse Crohn's disease because it behaves very differently, with prolonged remission after resection.
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Ulcerative Colitis
A cutting seton requires 360-degree tension on tissue to actively divide it, whereas a non-cutting seton is placed loosely to allow drainage and gradual fibrosis without active cutting.
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Ulcerative Colitis
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Samir's statements about Crohn's Disease 31 statements
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Samir Pandya: Update Course 2014
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I think the, the, the kids that show up with Crohn's disease for the first time with a perianal, perirectal abscess, uh, will often have non-colonic disease but small intestinal disease, and I'm not sure why it happens that way.
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Children presenting with Crohn's disease for the first time with a perianal or perirectal abscess often have non-colonic small intestinal disease.
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Perianal abscesses in Crohn's disease are unlikely to heal without fecal diversion because bowel continuity slows healing.
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Modern TNF inhibitor drugs are effective at healing perianal disease in Crohn's, potentially allowing avoidance of fecal diversion in selected patients.
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Patients and parents would rather deal with a chronic perianal problem than manage a stoma.
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I think patients would rather deal with a chronic problem in their bottom than to deal and the parents deal with the stoma.
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I would bet, I would bet that it's not a single one. I think most of those when you go in and drain a perianal abscess in a Crohn's disease, there are several fistulas there
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Most Crohn's perianal abscesses are not single; when draining a perianal abscess in Crohn's disease, there are usually several fistulas present.
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I'll tell you, Lou, if I had to deal with a perianal abscess in my butt. Or have her take care of a stoma from a terminal ileum, there's no question which would be easier to take care of.
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Setons are very effective for perianal fistulas and should be used more often in pediatric surgery than they currently are.
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It is less morbid to perform laparoscopic diversion in 15% of patients whose perianal disease fails to heal than to give 100% of patients an ostomy upfront.
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It's much less morbidity to go in and operate on 15 patients to take down and give them an ileostomy than to give 100 of them an ostomy that's my whole point.
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Crohn's patients can develop peristomal fistulas as a complication of stoma creation.
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Crohn's disease affects the entire GI tract as a chronic disorder, even when only one segment shows active stricturing disease.
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A cutting seton requires 360-degree tension on tissue to actively divide it, whereas a non-cutting seton is placed loosely to allow drainage and gradual fibrosis without active cutting.
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For duodenal Crohn's strictures, endoscopic and fluoroscopic dilation combined with Remicade can be effective, making the stricture more pliable and allowing weight gain.
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I think that isolated TI disease we're going to find is a separate disease from here. I think that there's ulcerative colitistis, Crohn's, and then there's this other disease where it's isolated TI because it behaves very differently from perianal or diffuse Crohn's disease.
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Patients with isolated terminal ileal Crohn's disease should be considered for earlier resection before starting Remicade because of the favorable long-term outcomes after resection.
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Isolated terminal ileal Crohn's disease may be a separate disease entity from perianal or diffuse Crohn's disease because it behaves very differently, with prolonged remission after resection.
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Pediatric IBD patients referred for surgery are often in horrible nutritional shape because GI physicians view surgery as failure and carry patients on medical therapy for too long.
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I think some of these kids just, you know, it seems to me that the patients that we're getting now from the GI docs are in just horrible shape because they've, it's like we're the last resort. And we think of ulcerative colitis as a surgical disease. They think of it as a medical disease, so we're a failure. Surgery is failure to a GI doctor
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Patients with severe ulcerative colitis who are emaciated, hypoalbuminemic, on steroids, and in poor nutritional status often require three-stage surgery: subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy, then subsequent J-pouch creation.
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my experience has been they get better incredibly fast after the subtotal, much faster than after the subsequent J pouch.
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Patients with ulcerative colitis recover incredibly fast after subtotal colectomy, much faster than after the subsequent J-pouch operation.
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The best ulcerative colitis patients ever look is when they have their end ileostomy after subtotal colectomy, before J-pouch creation.
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Ongoing rectal bleeding from the rectal stump after subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis is rare but can be managed with local therapy.
Open
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Endorectal dissection technique (similar to Hirschsprung surgery) can be performed safely for ulcerative colitis J-pouch even in relatively sick patients, as long as a diverting ileostomy is created.
Open
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Continued bleeding from the rectal stump after subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis can force earlier-than-anticipated completion of the J-pouch procedure.
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Between stage 1 and stage 2 of ulcerative colitis surgery, patients often gain 20 to 30 pounds, which can make the subsequent operation technically harder.
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Samir's statements about Ulcerative Colitis 31 statements
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Samir Pandya: Update Course 2014
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I think the, the, the kids that show up with Crohn's disease for the first time with a perianal, perirectal abscess, uh, will often have non-colonic disease but small intestinal disease, and I'm not sure why it happens that way.
Open
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Children presenting with Crohn's disease for the first time with a perianal or perirectal abscess often have non-colonic small intestinal disease.
Open
Statement
Perianal abscesses in Crohn's disease are unlikely to heal without fecal diversion because bowel continuity slows healing.
Open
Statement
Modern TNF inhibitor drugs are effective at healing perianal disease in Crohn's, potentially allowing avoidance of fecal diversion in selected patients.
Open
Statement
Patients and parents would rather deal with a chronic perianal problem than manage a stoma.
Open
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I think patients would rather deal with a chronic problem in their bottom than to deal and the parents deal with the stoma.
Open
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I would bet, I would bet that it's not a single one. I think most of those when you go in and drain a perianal abscess in a Crohn's disease, there are several fistulas there
Open
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Most Crohn's perianal abscesses are not single; when draining a perianal abscess in Crohn's disease, there are usually several fistulas present.
Open
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Setons are very effective for perianal fistulas and should be used more often in pediatric surgery than they currently are.
Open
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I'll tell you, Lou, if I had to deal with a perianal abscess in my butt. Or have her take care of a stoma from a terminal ileum, there's no question which would be easier to take care of.
Open
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It's much less morbidity to go in and operate on 15 patients to take down and give them an ileostomy than to give 100 of them an ostomy that's my whole point.
Open
Statement
It is less morbid to perform laparoscopic diversion in 15% of patients whose perianal disease fails to heal than to give 100% of patients an ostomy upfront.
Open
Statement
Crohn's patients can develop peristomal fistulas as a complication of stoma creation.
Open
Statement
Crohn's disease affects the entire GI tract as a chronic disorder, even when only one segment shows active stricturing disease.
Open
Statement
A cutting seton requires 360-degree tension on tissue to actively divide it, whereas a non-cutting seton is placed loosely to allow drainage and gradual fibrosis without active cutting.
Open
Statement
For duodenal Crohn's strictures, endoscopic and fluoroscopic dilation combined with Remicade can be effective, making the stricture more pliable and allowing weight gain.
Open
Statement
Patients with isolated terminal ileal Crohn's disease should be considered for earlier resection before starting Remicade because of the favorable long-term outcomes after resection.
Open
Quotation
I think that isolated TI disease we're going to find is a separate disease from here. I think that there's ulcerative colitistis, Crohn's, and then there's this other disease where it's isolated TI because it behaves very differently from perianal or diffuse Crohn's disease.
Open
Statement
Isolated terminal ileal Crohn's disease may be a separate disease entity from perianal or diffuse Crohn's disease because it behaves very differently, with prolonged remission after resection.
Open
Statement
Pediatric IBD patients referred for surgery are often in horrible nutritional shape because GI physicians view surgery as failure and carry patients on medical therapy for too long.
Open
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I think some of these kids just, you know, it seems to me that the patients that we're getting now from the GI docs are in just horrible shape because they've, it's like we're the last resort. And we think of ulcerative colitis as a surgical disease. They think of it as a medical disease, so we're a failure. Surgery is failure to a GI doctor
Open
Statement
Patients with severe ulcerative colitis who are emaciated, hypoalbuminemic, on steroids, and in poor nutritional status often require three-stage surgery: subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy, then subsequent J-pouch creation.
Open
Quotation
my experience has been they get better incredibly fast after the subtotal, much faster than after the subsequent J pouch.
Open
Statement
Patients with ulcerative colitis recover incredibly fast after subtotal colectomy, much faster than after the subsequent J-pouch operation.
Open
Statement
The best ulcerative colitis patients ever look is when they have their end ileostomy after subtotal colectomy, before J-pouch creation.
Open
Statement
Ongoing rectal bleeding from the rectal stump after subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis is rare but can be managed with local therapy.
Open
Statement
Endorectal dissection technique (similar to Hirschsprung surgery) can be performed safely for ulcerative colitis J-pouch even in relatively sick patients, as long as a diverting ileostomy is created.
Open
Statement
Continued bleeding from the rectal stump after subtotal colectomy for ulcerative colitis can force earlier-than-anticipated completion of the J-pouch procedure.
Open
Statement
Between stage 1 and stage 2 of ulcerative colitis surgery, patients often gain 20 to 30 pounds, which can make the subsequent operation technically harder.
Open
Summaries Samir gave as host · 20 summaries
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Summaries Samir gave as host · Crohn's Disease 10 summaries
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Samir Pandya: Update Course 2014
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: In a review study published recently, CT enterography is more accurate than MR enterography for Crohn's disease, though institutional radiologist expertise determines which modality performs better in practice.
Open
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound has sensitivity and specificity as high as 100% for Crohn's disease in previously undiagnosed patients, and above 95% in patients with known diagnosis, according to the Peloda study published in Pediatrics 2013.
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is only available for clinical use in Europe at present and has not been approved by the FDA.
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: In Europe, ultrasound is the first-line imaging choice for Crohn's disease, followed by MR or CT enterography, whereas in the US, MR/CT enterography is first-line.
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: MR enterography provides information about the chronicity of Crohn's disease strictures, helping determine whether a stricture is chronic and fibrotic (unlikely to resolve with medication) or potentially responsive to medical therapy.
Open
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Rectal advancement flap for Crohn's perianal fistula is only appropriate in the setting of no active proctitis, and results diminish with time.
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Even with permanent fecal diversion, as high as 40% of Crohn's patients have recalcitrant perianal disease as they reach adulthood.
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Isolated ileocecal Crohn's disease in teenagers can have recurrence-free intervals as long as 10 to 15 years after resection, allowing symptom-free passage through puberty into adulthood.
Open
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: If a patient has received infliximab within the last 6 weeks before surgery for ulcerative colitis, there is evidence (both adult and pediatric) that a three-stage approach should probably be used due to increased complication risk.
Open
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Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: At 2 years follow-up, there is hardly any difference in bowel frequency between straight ileoanal anastomosis and J-pouch (10 cm J-pouches) for ulcerative colitis, based on a series of 120-130 straight and 110-115 J-pouch patients.
Open
Summaries Samir gave as host · Ulcerative Colitis 10 summaries
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Samir Pandya: Update Course 2014
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: In a review study published recently, CT enterography is more accurate than MR enterography for Crohn's disease, though institutional radiologist expertise determines which modality performs better in practice.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound has sensitivity and specificity as high as 100% for Crohn's disease in previously undiagnosed patients, and above 95% in patients with known diagnosis, according to the Peloda study published in Pediatrics 2013.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is only available for clinical use in Europe at present and has not been approved by the FDA.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: In Europe, ultrasound is the first-line imaging choice for Crohn's disease, followed by MR or CT enterography, whereas in the US, MR/CT enterography is first-line.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: MR enterography provides information about the chronicity of Crohn's disease strictures, helping determine whether a stricture is chronic and fibrotic (unlikely to resolve with medication) or potentially responsive to medical therapy.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Rectal advancement flap for Crohn's perianal fistula is only appropriate in the setting of no active proctitis, and results diminish with time.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Even with permanent fecal diversion, as high as 40% of Crohn's patients have recalcitrant perianal disease as they reach adulthood.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: Isolated ileocecal Crohn's disease in teenagers can have recurrence-free intervals as long as 10 to 15 years after resection, allowing symptom-free passage through puberty into adulthood.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: At 2 years follow-up, there is hardly any difference in bowel frequency between straight ileoanal anastomosis and J-pouch (10 cm J-pouches) for ulcerative colitis, based on a series of 120-130 straight and 110-115 J-pouch patients.
Open
Host summary
Samir Pandya summarizing a resource: If a patient has received infliximab within the last 6 weeks before surgery for ulcerative colitis, there is evidence (both adult and pediatric) that a three-stage approach should probably be used due to increased complication risk.
Open