Pouch-Related Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Ileal Pouch–Anal Anastomosis

Functional outcome and quality of life after restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.

Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is the surgical treatment of choice for patients with medically refractory ulcerative colitis, ulcerative colitis with dysplasia or cancer, or familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). The aim of this study is to report our 6-year experience of restorative proctocolectomy and IPAA at a tertiary referral centre. Chart review was performed...

Genetic and Demographic Correlates of Quality of Life after Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis

Objective: Patient satisfaction after ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis (UC) is difficult to predict preoperatively and has never been investigated from a genetic perspective. Methods: Modified IBD quality of life (QOL) questionnaires were mailed to all UC-IPAA patients in our IBD Biobank. Genotyping was performed using a custom microarray containing 325 IBD-associated ...

Long-term functional outcome and quality of life after proctocolectomy ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for colitis

Laparoscopic proctocolectomy with ileal j-pouch anal anastomosis in children.

BACKGROUND/AIMS We aimed to evaluate postoperative fecal incontinence scales of children who underwent laparoscopic proctocolectomy and ileal J-pouch anastomosis for familial adenomateous polyposis (FAP) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fecal incontinence scores were collected at 3 months post-surgery. A retrospective chart review was also performed to obtain the de...

Quality of life and health-related quality of life in hepatitis C patients and B patients

Background: Psychosocial issues and quality of life are important components at the patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B and C. Hepatitis is a chronic liver disease that can affect quality of life of patients. In this study, we compared the quality of life between patients with hepatitis B and C and finally presented a structural model about it. Methods: In a prospective analytic study,...