Abstract
Although an ileoanal pouch is frequently offered to patients with ulcerative colitis, it is still not clear to what extent this operation offers advantages over a permanent ileostomy. The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with a pouch have less morbidity and a better quality of life than a matched group of patients with a Brooke ileostomy. Nineteen patients (12 males and 7 females, median age 41 years) who had undergone total colectomy and ileoanal pouch formation for ulcerative colitis were individually matched with patients who had had a panproctocolectomy and ileostomy; patients were matched for disease process, sex, age, socioeconomic status, and time since surgery. Quality of life was assessed using the Short-Form 36 version 2 questionnaire, the inflammatory bowel disease questionnaire, and a few additional questions on perception of body image. The scores were compared using the nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired samples. The number and type of postoperative complications, as well as the number of operative stages, were recorded prospectively. Restorative proctocolectomy was associated with a significantly better perception of body image than a permanent stoma, although quality of life in general was similar in both groups. Patients with a pouch had more long-term complications than patients with an ileostomy within the same period of time (52.6% vs. 26.3%). The median number of stages for pouch construction was two, compared to a median of one stage for an ileostomy (P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 814-9 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- Female
- Humans
- Ileostomy
- Male
- Proctocolectomy, Restorative
- Quality of Life
- Questionnaires
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Treatment Outcome