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R C Bennett

Publications and source records attributed to R C Bennett.

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PubMed1973

Blood and urinary changes in patients with ileostomies and ileorectal anastomoses.

Biochemical investigations done on the blood and urine of currently healthy, uncomplicated patients previously treated by either proctocolectomy and ileostomy or colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis were compared with estimations on matched controls. The most striking finding was the reduced urine volume, and to a lesser extent its sodium content, in patients with ileostomies. The urinary pH indicated persistent acidity in postoperative patients but this was also a remarkably constant feature in control subjects. These findings are in agreement with other studies related to the occurrence of urinary calculi after colectomy and ileostomy, and are consistent with the contention that there is a lower incidence of calculi after ileorectal anastomosis.

Adult↗
PubMed1972

Urinary calculi and ulcerative colitis.

A survey of 458 patients treated for ulcerative colitis either medically or surgically by colectomy and the establishment of an ileostomy has provided further evidence that in Australia at least there is a significant association between ulcerative colitis and urinary calculi. The actual risk to the unoperated patient is not particularly high but is in the vicinity of 4%. The survey further confirms that the risk continues after colectomy and ileostomy, when the overall incidence of stones is roughly doubled. Finally, suggestive though admittedly somewhat inconclusive evidence supports the proposition that uric acid stones are more common in this group of patients.

Australia↗