Long-term outcomes following restorative proctocolectomy ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients: Multicenter national study in Japan.
Hiroki IkeuchiMotoi UchinoAkira SugitaKitaro FutamiKouhei FukushimaKeisuke HataKazutaka KoganeiMasato KusunokiKeiichi UchidaRiichiro NezuHideaki KimuraKenichi TakahashiMichio ItabashiHitoshi KameyamaDaijiro HigashiFumikazu KoyamaTakeshi UedaTsunekazu MizushimaYasuo SuzukiPublished in: Annals of gastroenterological surgery (2018)
To avoid pouch failure following an IPAA procedure, it is important to recognize that pouchitis or an anal fistula may lead to this condition in pediatric UC patients.