Pouchitis is the most common condition that develops following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. More than one-half of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) develop intermittent pouchitis within 1 year ...

Overall, the number of patients discharged from hospitals with an ulcerative colitis diagnosis increased between 2009 and 2018, but the number of patients opting for ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Patients with inflammatory bowel disease aged older than 50 years showed similar outcomes as ...

Ileal-pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the most commonly performed surgery for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis. Although originally performed as open surgery, a laparoscopic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Re-hospitalization commonly occurred in patients with ulcerative colitis who underwent ileal ...

Patients who undergo open ileal-pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) are normally hospitalized for 8–15 days, because this procedure is complex. A new case–control study has shown, however, that use of a ...

"The early identification of patients at risk for the development of pouchitis remains an unmet need given that patients developing pouchitis in the first year after IPAA have demonstrated an ...

Note that these studies were published as abstracts and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.