Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD The descending colon is around 4 to 6 inches, ...

J-pouch surgery may be right for you if medication doesn’t work to treat your UC symptoms. The procedure involves removing your colon and rectum and adding a J-shaped pouch to your small intestine.

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One type of surgery to treat UC, sometimes called J-pouch surgery, is commonly used for treatment. The first step in the process is to remove your entire large intestine, or colon and rectum.

The implication of the absence of such a barrier in a pouch is unclear. Although the rectum has the largest capacity within the colon, in healthy individuals it is usually empty until shortly ...

Implanting a pouch of stem-cell-derived pancreas cells under the skin of type 1 diabetics has enabled them to live without insulin injections for years and maintain non-diabetic blood sugar levels ...

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