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Pouchitis
Author(s) -
Macafee D. A. L.,
Abercrombie J. F.,
MaxwellArmstrong C.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2004.00645.x
Subject(s) - pouchitis , medicine , proctocolectomy , medline , inflammatory bowel disease , general surgery , ulcerative colitis , disease , intensive care medicine , political science , law
Pouchitis is one of the commonest and most debilitating complications of a restorative proctocolectomy. The cause remains elusive, though a number of approaches have been shown to alleviate the condition. This review outlines current evidence relating to pouchitis, obtained from randomised and nonrandomised studies. Medline, the Bath Information Data Service (BIDS) and PubMed were searched using the keywords ‘pouchitis’ and ‘inflammatory bowel disease’. In addition, articles were cross‐referenced, and the abstracts of recent colorectal meetings studied.