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 7

Villous atrophy in biopsies from the J-reservoir at 5 cm and 10 cm from the rectal anastomoses.

	Biopsies from the J-pouch
	5 cm	10 cm
	(𝑛=54)	(𝑛=56)
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)
No villous atrophy	18 (33.3%)	21 (37.5%)
Mild villous atrophy	27 (50.0%)	24 (42.9%)
Moderate villous atrophy	4 (7.4%)	6 (10.7%)
Colonisation of the pouch mucosa	5 (9.3%)	5 (8.9%)