P035 ADJUNCT PHARMACOTHERAPY USE FOR POUCH-RELATED SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH ILEAL POUCH-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS

For patients with recalcitrant ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis, surgical intervention with restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become the standard of therapy. The most common complication after IPAA is pouchitis, which may manifest with pouch related symptoms (PRS) such as increased bowel frequency, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, urgency, or incontinence, necessitating use of adjunctive pharmacotherapies for symptom control. We evaluated the prevalence of opioid-, NSAID-, and probiotic-use among IPAA patients with and without PRS.

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