From posts I have read I am counting about 35.

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I know some that don't post on here...
Wonder how many there are on and off the boards.

I have had a K pouch for almost 40 years. Had UC at 20 years of age and conventional ileostomy. After about three years had one of first K pouches done in US by Dr. Stewart King in Stamford, CT.
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I was wondering same. I had ileo 1979, and kpouch 1980 by Dr. Gerber in Alhambra CA at a small local hospital - nothing even close to the Cleveland Clinic or Mayo.. but he was a dedicated surgeon who trained with Dr. Kock and trained a young Dr. Launer. I'm 50 now..

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I dont know about here, but I would be just as curious about overall in the US. Are we talking a thousand or are we talking 10,000 or more?

Mike S

Good question for Dr Fazio and Bauer, Milsom, Richardson, Sung, Launer and Mayo or Lahey, those main docs who have performed them in any numbers over the years from 1970-1985 and a few since then. They have data compiled as they do for j pouches.I have counted about 50 here on the site who have posted.
From some papers I have read I would guess 5,000 on up.

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Tom,
WOW! 1972!
You are def the oldest k pouch here! WOW! Thirty six years.That is great to hear.

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I had my Kock pouch done at Mt. Sinai in NYC
by Joel J. Bauer, MD - in the mid 70's.

I had my urinary diversion surgey in 1981 when I was 9 and had a K pouch revision surgery in 1990.

I had k-pouch done in 1998ish or so by dr. Launer. I have never met anyone else w/one. I would love to though meet someone in person.Hmm, anybody in San Diego?

Hi
I just registered today, and found your post.....I also had my K pouch done in 1998 by Dr. Launer. AND I also live in Carlsbad. You can contact me by going to my profile and getting my email.