reservoir /re·ser·voir/ (rez´er-vwahr)
ileoanal reservoir,
1. a storage place or cavity.
2. cistern.
3. an alternate host or passive carrier of a pathogenic organism.
continent ileal reservoir
1. a valved intra-abdominal pouch that maintains continence of the feces and is emptied by a catheter when full.
2. a neobladder made from a section of ileum.
continent urinary reservoir neobladder.
ileoanal reservoir a pouch for the retention of feces, formed by suturing together multiple limbs of ileum and connected to the anus by an ileal conduit; used with colectomy to maintain continence in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. 
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Pecquet's reservoir cisterna chyli.
ileoanal reservoir,
a pouch for the collection of feces, created surgically in a two-stage operation. The first stage involves removal of the rectal mucosa, an abdominal colectomy, and construction of a fecal reservoir from loops of ileum. A temporary ileostomy is created at this time to allow the ileoanal reservoir to heal. Several months later the patient returns for closure of the ileostomy so that discharge of feces through the anus is possible.
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