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Article: Research on quality of life reported by A.D. Wade et al.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, "Standard treatment for ulcerative colitis and prevention of malignancy is total proctocolectomy with a neoileal pouch. The ideal configuration of the pouch has been debated."
"We hypothesized that there was no difference in quality of life between the J pouch and the W pouch. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients undergoing ileoanal anastomosis with pouch construction at a single community-based teaching hospital over an 11+-year period. We collected demographic, operative, and postoperative data and then developed and distributed a survey designed to ...