What Is the Turnbull–Cutait Procedure? What Are the Indications for It? What Are the Pros and Cons. Oh and by the Way, Who Was Turnbull and Who Was Cutait?
摘要
The Turnbull–Cutait procedure is a proctectomy with a staged colo-anal anastomosis described independently and synchronously in the 1960s by two famous colorectal surgeons: Rupert Beach Turnbull in Cleveland, Ohio, and Daher Cutait in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Daher Cutait (1913–2001) was a Brazilian surgeon who had part of his early training here at Columbia University Medical Center. He was a colorectal surgeon at the University of São Paulo-Hospital das Clinicas, where he was appointed head of Colo-Proctology in 1947. He built the premier colorectal unit in all of Latin America and remained there until his retirement in 1983. His son, Raoul, is also a prominent colorectal surgeon who was actively involved in hereditary colorectal cancer management.