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 6

Degree of inflammation in biopsies from the J-reservoir at 5 cm and 10 cm from the rectal anastomoses and from the residual rectum.

	Biopsies from the J-pouch		Rectum
	5 cm	10 cm	Rectum
	(𝑛=65)	(𝑛=69)	(𝑛=64)
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
No inflammation	2 (3.1%)	3 (4.3%)	6 (9.4%)
Mild chronic	46 (70.7%)	51 (73.9%)	40 (62.4%)
inflammation
Moderate chronic	17 (26.2%)	14 (20.4%)	12 (18.8%)
inflammation
Severe chronic	—	—	3 (4.7%)
inflammation
Mild acute	—	1 (1.4%)	3 (4.7%)