In this month’s installment, Kian Keyashian, MD, a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Stanford University in Redwood City, Calif., discusses the significance of a recent paper examining long-term functional outcomes and quality of life (QOL) in older people with ulcerative colitis who have undergone ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (IPAA).
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Minagawa T, Ikeuchi H, Kuwahara R, et al. Functional outcomes and quality of life in