Ileoanal pouch failure is the need for permanent diversion and/or pouchectomy and/or redoing a J-pouch and occurs in 9% to 12% of patients. The most common cause of pouch failure in the studies ...

Surgery can often cure long-term ulcerative colitis (UC), but it's not for everyone. Your doctor may suggest an operation if your UC is severe and you don't get enough help from other treatments, like ...

J-pouch surgery can successfully relieve symptoms of ulcerative colitis if medications and other treatments haven’t worked, but complications may arise. Depending on the type of irritable bowel ...

12% of people with ulcerative colitis need surgery to have their colon removed (colectomy). Most of those have an ileo-anal pouch surgically constructed from their small bowel, which means that they ...