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DATE PUBLISHED:
2019 Nov 30

JOURNAL:
Cochrane Database Syst Rev

PUBMED:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31785173?dopt=Abstract

Volume:
11

ISSUE:
11

Treatment and prevention of pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis.

Authors

Treatment and prevention of pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis.

Nguyen N, Zhang B, Holubar SD, Pardi DS, Singh S

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019 Nov 30; 11(11):CD001176.

PMID: 31785173.

Abstract

Pouchitis occurs in approximately 50% of patients following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for chronic ulcerative colitis (UC).

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