Long-Term Followup with
Evaluation of the Surgical and Functional
Results of the Ileal Pouch Reservoir in
Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative
Colitis
Table 5
Functional results at early and late followup of the first 48 patients with IPAA.
Early followup 1993
Late followup 2001–2006
P-value*
n/N (%)
n/N (%)
Married
31/44 (70.5)
32/42 (76.2)
.548
Work restrictions
15/44 (34.1)
10/40 (25.0)
.363
Social restrictions
5/44 (11.4)
8/39 (20.5)
.252
Social improvement
9/44 (20.5)
8/41 (20.5)
.914
Sexual restrictions
6/42 (14.2)
4/41 (9.8)
.579
Sexual improvement
11/42 (25.0)
6/41(14.6)
.192
Food restrictions
(i) Eat food to make stool thicker
6 /44 (13.6)
8/41 (19.5)
.466
(ii) Avoid food that make stool thinner
18/44 (40.9)
23/40 (57.5)
.129
(iii) Avoid food that creates other problems
18/44 (40.9)
16/40 (40.0)
.932
Fecal incontinence often/sometimes
7/44 (15.9)
4/41 (8.8)
.398
Uses diaper often/sometimes
10/44 (22.8)
10/41 (24.4)
.857
Regretted reservoir often/sometimes
8/44 (18.2)
5/41 (12.2) #
.875
Regretted reservoir often/sometimes
—
8/41 (19.5) #
—
Reservoir failures
0/44 (0.0)
3/44 (6.8)
—
Observation time (years)
2.4 (1–6.6)
10.8 (8.3–19.2)
—
*
Chi square test. #n = 5: not including patients with failures; n = 8: including patients with failures.
