Long-Term Followup of Patients with Active J-Reservoirs after Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis with regard to Reservoir Function, Mucosal Changes, and Quality of Life
Table 5
Factors which influence the overall functional result of the J-reservoir.
Regretted reservoir operation
Often/sometimes
Seldom/never
() %
() %
Problems in work (often/sometimes)
62
33
0.034
Changed profession after reservoir
38
12
0.013
Inflamed reservoir/injected
45
3
0.000
Pain in reservoir (often/sometimes)
58
28
0.018
Medication for pain (often/sometimes)
33
6
0.017
Treated for pouchitis in the reservoir
54
24
0.028
Number of pouchitis
0.002#
Fecal incontinence (often/sometimes)
46
15
0.014
Use of diaper (often/sometimes)
38
24
0.024
Voiding problems still
31
10
0.003
Physical activity increased/reduced
10/70
33/20
0.001
Social life better/worse
0/69
19/23
0.002
Sexual life better/worse
0/54
15/11
0.001
Avoid food due to loose stool
77
57
0.182
Avoid food due to other problems
42
45
0.849
Reservoir worse than expected
62
5
<0.001
Want ileostomy back (often/sometimes)
67
0
<0.001
Life compared to ileostomy (much better)
27
76
<0.001
Sufficient preoperative information
31
69
0.025
Significances tested by Student’s -test (#) and Pearson Chi-square test.
