Long-Term Results of Salvage Surgery for Septic Complications After Restorative Proctocolectomy
β Scribed by StephenR. Gorfine; Alessandro Fichera; MichaelT. Harris; JoelJ. Bauer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
To study the long-term effects of restorative proctocolectomy with J-pouch for ulcerative colitis 100 consecutive patients were examined a mean of 5.6 years after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). Seventy-three percent of patients were on steroids and 22% had a preceding severe attack of colitis
## Background: Restorative proctocolectomy has become the surgical procedure of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis. only smaller studies have compared postoperative to preoperative quality of life (qol). ## Methods: Patients with ulcerative colitis who had undergone restorative proctocole