ileostomy without wearing an appliance??? CAN IT BE TRUE????

Hey,

I went for a breast augmentation consultation today because I lost a lot of weight and can't gain any back and it turns out that the Dr apparently came up with "continent ileostomy" or K-pouch.  He had a pic up in his hallway of this procedure being tried on a dog.  He said he didn't go through with finishing the research and it had to be approved by the FDA and needed more research when he decided to go into plastic surgery.  He doesn't know if anyone picked up where he left off but I googled it and I was amazed with the procedure and how it works and NOT WEARING AN APPLIANCE!!!! wow, is there hope????

So they wrap this intestine tight to where nothing comes out of the stoma anymore and the a device kind of like a defribulator is put in u and with a magnet from the outside is used to release the fecal matter whenever you need to empty.  Isn't it amazing???

Does anyone know anything about this or has this procedure done??? Pleas share any info.  I left my surgeon a message to call me to discuss this and see if I'm a candidate.

Just thought I would share this with you all.  I also hope this gives us hope to get us off the appliances!!!!!!!

Go to j-pouch.org. One of the discussion forums on their discussion board is dedicated to k-pouch and other types of surgery.

I'm thinking it's not a Kock Pouch aka K Pouch since RITAS mentions "a device kind of like a defribulator is put in u and with a magnet from the outside is used to release the fecal matter whenever you need to empty". The Kock's Pouch doesn't involve this and was invented by surgeon Nils Kock and has been around for years. This sounds like a new thing. I have read about a Zassi device but that's been in the making for at least 10 years without anyone I've heard of actually getting one.

I am so confused becuase when you search K-pouch it says the kocks pouch or whatever also known as continent ileostomy. I found a girl who has one and her stoma is flush with her belly and has a valve made from her ileum. She wears a bandage over it.....small, you can hardly te.. She had rectal Cancer. She drains it with a cather 3-4 times da day and wears no appliance. She had this performed by Dr. Fazio @ Cleveland Clinic. I know the k-pouch, from research, has been around for a long time, but I know, again from researching, it has been modified. Also, whats the defference from BCIR.....I have found infor on this too.

Lizzie