13 Facts About Nils Kock

Nils G Kock was a professor of surgery who taught and practiced at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Later, Nils Kock spent five years in surgical training at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, an institution he remained affiliated with for the rest of his professional career.

Nils Kock later became chairman of the medical department of Sahlgren Hospital.

Nils Kock's work culminated with the initial development of the continent ileostomy procedure, which became known as the Kock pouch.

Pouchitis, a term coined by Nils Kock to describe the reservoir ileitis seen in recipients of any pouch procedure, is a common one.

Also, the first Nils Kock pouches were not created with any type of valve mechanism.

The procedure required additional development, work which Nils Kock continued to advance through further experimentation into the 1970s and 1980s.

Nils Kock developed what he termed a "nipple valve" in 1972 to help eliminate a portion of these problems.

An ongoing problem with the Nils Kock procedure had been its inability to maintain the drainage valve in the proper position, even with the inclusion of the nipple.

Later in his career, Nils Kock became a visiting lecturer worldwide in order to educate and advance the use of his urostomy surgical technique into Third World nations where bilharzial disease was prevalent.

Nils Kock collaborated for years with Egyptian Professor of Urology, Mohamed Ghoneim, from the medical department of the University of Mansoura.

Nils Kock focused on perfecting his procedure and educating others in the use of his life-improving surgical techniques.

Nils Kock died August 24,2011, at his residence in Gothenburg, Sweden.