THE CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE OF POUCHITIS AND POUCH-RELATED COMPLICATIONS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS

Despite highly effective therapies, many children develop medically refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) and undergo proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA). There is little real world evidence regarding IPAA outcomes in pediatric UC patients. We sought to determine the risk of pouchitis, recurrent pouchitis, and change in diagnosis to Crohn’s disease (CD) within two years of IPAA surgery among pediatric patients with UC using a large, geographically diverse insurance claims database.

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