The use of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis from 2009 to 2018.
Paul Thomas KrönerAmit MercheaDorin ColibaseanuMichael F PiccoFrancis A FarrayeLuca StocchiPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2021)
Surgery use in ulcerative colitis has decreased in the last decade despite increasing numbers of hospital admissions in patients with this condition. While the overall proportion of patients undergoing pouch construction remained stable, the majority of patients were initially treated with total colectomy and their ileal pouches werre constructed in a delayed fashion.