Novel prognostic biomarkers of pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio.
Yu NishidaShuhei HosomiHirokazu YamagamiKoji FujimotoRieko NakataShigehiro ItaniYuji NadataniShusei FukunagaKoji OtaniFumio TanakaYasuaki NagamiKoichi TairaNoriko KamataToshio WatanabeYasuhito IsekiTatsunari FukuokaMasatsune ShibutaniHisashi NagaharaSatoko OhfujiYasuhiro FujiwaraPublished in: PloS one (2020)
NLR may be a novel and useful indicator for predicting the development of pouchitis after IPAA in UC and should be introduced in clinical practice.