ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2014
Quality of life after proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis.
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- Medical Therapies for Prevention and Treatment of Inflammatory Pouch Disorders-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Psychometric validation of the SF-36Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- The effect of fecal microbiota transplantation on quality of life in patients with chronic pouchitis: a post hoc analysis of the MicroPouch trial.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Incidence and Long-Term Outcomes of Pouchitis in Ulcerative Colitis Patients.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Article
- Long-term mental and physical quality of life outcomes following ileal pouch anal anastomosis surgery.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2025Article
- Current Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: New Insights on the Surgical Approaches.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Association between adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines and stool frequency among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Appropriateness of Medical and Surgical Treatments for Chronic Pouchitis Using RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Methodology.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2022Article
- Living with Ulcerative Colitis Study (LUCY) in England: a retrospective study evaluating healthcare resource utilisation and direct healthcare costs of postoperative care in ulcerative colitis.BMJ open gastroenterology · 2020Article
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- [How does the ileoanal pouch keep its promises? : Functioning of the ileoanal pouch after restorative proctocolectomy].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2017Review
- When Not to Pouch: Important Considerations for Patient Selection for Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2017Article
- Pouch-Related Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis.Inflammatory bowel diseases · 2017Article
- Impact of staged surgery on quality of life in refractory ulcerative colitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Observational
- Health-related quality of life assessment among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases after surgery - review.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2017Review
- Quality of life of ulcerative colitis patients treated surgically with proctocolectomy and J-pouch formation: a comparative study before surgery and after closure of the defunctioning ileostomy.Annals of gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeWhile ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is performed in many patients with ulcerative colitis, conflicting data exist about its effects on quality of life. We aimed to determine quality of life and to identify risk factors for impaired quality of life in these patients.
methodsForty-eight of 82 patients (59%; median follow-up 57 months [range 21-93 months]) after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis were compared to 48 matched healthy controls. Generic, health-, and disease-related, as well as symptom-specific quality of life was analyzed using five well-established quality of life instruments.
resultsAlthough generic quality of life was comparable between groups, health-related quality of life was impaired after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. While high stool frequency was associated with impaired health-related and disease-specific quality of life, fecal incontinence and history of pouchitis also caused a deterioration of generic and symptom-related quality of life. Seventy-seven percent of patients reported their quality of life to be better compared to the situation before surgery and 88% would undergo ileal pouch-anal anastomosis again.
conclusionsOverall quality of life after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is good. However, high stool frequency, fecal incontinence, and pouchitis are associated with impaired quality of life and should be prevented or treated to the best possible extent.
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