Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis developed ileal adenomas more often than patients with end ileostomy after proctocolectomy, according to research ...

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The risk of IPAA adenocarcinoma is very high, even many years after the initial surgical procedure. Therefore, lifelong follow-up and periodic pouch surveillance should be routinely performed.

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 ...

Patients with medically refractory ulcerative colitis commonly undergo total colectomy with ileal-pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA). Female infertility is a recognized complication of IPAA, but estimates ...

A group of researchers utilized a comparative proteomic approach to profile protein expression in mucosal biopsies from patients with chronic refractory pouchitis following antibiotic or probiotic ...

"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 ...

GAITHERSBURG, MD, January 31 – People who have Ulcerative Colitis (UC) or Ileal Pouch know that finding the right regimen for extending their time between flares is crucial to successfully living with ...

If you have ulcerative colitis (UC), your first line of treatment will likely be medication. But even with medication, sometimes symptoms continue to flare, tanking your quality of life along the way.

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7(3):215-223. In a small pediatric case series, a manometry study of the neorecto-anal function revealed similar maximum neorectal tolerated threshold volume and ...