In patients with ulcerative colitis, a three-stage ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA) is associated with a lower risk for adverse events 30 days after surgery than a two-stage procedure, researchers have found.
The observational cohort study is the first nationwide analysis of adverse events after IPAA, according to Bharati Kochar, MD, MSCR, an advanced IBD fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, in Chapel Hill, who helped conduct the research.
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