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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic ulcerative colitis is not a uniform disease entity because the clinical pattern and disease characteristics differ on the basis of the anatomic location of the inflammation. The aim of this study was to compare the preoperative characteristics, postoperative complications, and long-term functional outcome of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) in patients with left-sided colitis to those same characteristics in patients with pancolitis. Between 1990 and 1996, a total of 565 patients underwent IPAA for chronic ulcerative colitis at our institution. Of these, 111 patients were determined to have left-sided involvement, whereas 283 patients had pancolitis. The mean age at surgery was greater in the patients with left-sided colitis (37 years vs. 34 years, P = 0.01), and the mean duration of disease (8.7 years vs. 7.7 years, P = 0.05) tended toward a significant difference between the left-sided colitis and pancolitis groups. The complication rates were similar with the exception of small bowel obstructions, for which there was a higher incidence in the group with left-sided colitis (27% vs. 13%, P = 0.002) at 5 years. The incidence of pouchitis (43% vs. 39%) at 5 years was comparable. Long-term functional results and quality-of-life assessment did not show any significant differences between the two groups. We were unable to detect any correlation between the extent of colon involvement and the subsequent incidence of pouchitis, long-term pouch function, and quality of life. Patients with left-sided colitis were older, had a relatively longer duration of disease, and were at increased risk for postoperative small bowel obstruction as compared to patients with pancolitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1091-255X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Outcome of patients undergoing ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for left-sided chronic ulcerative colitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinics and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article