Clinical Study

Functional Outcomes and Quality of Life after Restorative Proctocolectomy in Paediatric Patients: A Case-Control Study

Figure 2

PedsQL-Gastrointestinal Symptom Scale scores in children receiving either surgical (IPAA, ) or medical (medical, ) therapy. The parents’ scores for the two groups are reported as IPAAp and medicalp, respectively. No differences were observed: IPAA versus medical, 0.83 versus 0.87 ( ); IPAAp versus medicalp, 0.82 versus 0.86 ( ); IPAA versus IPAAp, 0.83 versus 0.82 ( ); medical versus medicalp, 0.85 versus 0.82 ( ). IPAA: ileal pouch-anal anastomosis; p: parent.
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