The Cumulative Incidence of Pouchitis in Pediatric Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

Ellen CowherdMatthew D EgbergMichael D KappelmanXian ZhangMillie D LongAmy L LightnerRobert S SandlerHans H HerfarthEdward L Barnes

Published in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2022)

Our findings confirm the high incidence of pouchitis demonstrated in earlier single-center studies of pediatric patients undergoing proctocolectomy with IPAA for UC. Identification of risk factors for pouchitis would be useful to optimize early intervention.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
patients undergoing
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
case control
young adults