ALIMENTARY THERAPY AFTER TOTAL COLECTOMY-A comparative study on defecation of the early postoperative study between patients with special diet and those without-

Abstract

　Six of 12 patients who had undergone a total colectomy with a temporary ileostomy between 1988 and 1993,received a special diet we had contrived,while the other 6 did not. The bulk and consistency of stool between the two groups at the early postoperative stage were compared. In the patients on the special diet,discharge from the ileostomy was less bulky,and its consistency changed much earlier from being sludgy（unformed）to being soft（semiformed）. As a result,closure of the ileostomy was achieved much earlier in the patients put on the regimen. The special dietary regimen we designed will offer an earlier recovery from a total colectomy combined with a diverting ileostomy.