Long-Term Followup with Evaluation of the Surgical and Functional Results of the Ileal Pouch Reservoir in Restorative Proctocolectomy for Ulcerative Colitis

Table 3

Late complications and reoperations after reservoir surgery in133 patients with W or J reservoirs (one J reservoir removed postoperatively).

	W-reservoir N = 9		J-reservoir N = 124
	Complications	Reoperations	Complications	Reoperations
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
None	5 (55.6)	7 (77.8)	70 (56.5)	100 (80.8)
Pouchitt	1 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	34 (27.4)	4 (3.2)
Anastomotic stenosis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (4.8)	1 (0.8)
Diarrhoea	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (4.0)	2 (1.6)
Small bowel obstruction	3 (33.3)	2 (22.2)	8 (6.5)	8 (6.4)
Fistula from the anastomosis	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (4.8)	6 (4.8)
Ventral hernia	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.6)	2 (1.6)
Failures
(i) Postoperative removal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.8)	(0.8)
(ii) Late removal	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	(6.4)
(iii) Late deviating stoma	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (4.0)