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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 7

Late reoperations in 124 patients with and without protective loop ileostoma after J-reservoir reconstruction.
J reservoir with protective ileostomaJ reservoir without protective ileostomaAll
N = 54N = 70N = 124
n (%)n (%)n (%)
None41 (75.9)59 (84.3)100 (80.6)
Small bowel obstruction6 (11.2)2 (2.9) (6.6)
 (i) Bowel resection1 (1.9)1 (1.4) (1.6)
 (ii) Division of adherences5 (9.3)1 (1.4)6 (4.8)
Reservoir failure6 (10.9)7 (10.0)10.5)
 (i) Removal of reservoir +  ileostoma4 (7.4)4 (5.7)8 (6.6)
 (ii) Diverting stoma2 (3.7)3 (4.3)5 (4.0)
Ventral hernia: hernioplasty0 (0.0)2 (2.9)2 (1.6)
Anastomotic stricture: dilatation1 (1.9)0 (0.0)1 (0.8)