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

Table 6

Early postoperative complications (within 30 days) and reoperations after reservoir surgery in 125 patients with J reservoir with or without protective loop ileostoma.

	J reservoir with protective ileostoma		J reservoir without protective ileostoma
	N = 55		N = 70
	Complications	Reoperations	Complications	Reoperations
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
None	45 (81.8)	47 (85.5)	60 (85.7)	61 (87.1)
Bleeding	2 (3.6)	2 (3.6)	2 (2.9)	2 (2.9)
Anastomotic leaks	5 (9.1)	4 (7.2)	1 (1.4)	1 (1.4)
Small bowel obstruction	2 (3.6)	1 (1.8)	6 (8.6)	6 (7.1)
Stomal necrosis	1 (1.8)	1 (1.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Diarrhoea	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)