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Clinical Study

Long-Term Followup with Evaluation of the Surgical and Functional Results of the Ileal Pouch Reservoir in Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis

Table 2

Early complications within 30 days and reoperations after reservoir surgery in 134 patients with W or J reservoirs.
W-reservoir N = 9J-reservoir N = 125
ComplicationsReoperationsComplicationsReoperations
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)
None9 (100)9 (100)105 (84.0)108 (85.6)
Bleeding4 (3.2)4 (3.2)
Anastomotic leaks6 (4.8)5 (4.0)
Small bowel obstruction8 (6.4)7 (5.6)
Stomal necrosis1 (0.8)1 (0.8)
Diarrhoea1 (0.8)0 (0.0)