pouchitis
Sign in to savePouchitis is an umbrella term for inflammation of the ileal pouch, an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileum (the last section of the small intestine) in patients who have undergone a proctocolectomy or total colectomy (removal of the colon and rectum). The ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is created in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis, familial adenomatous polyposis, cancer, or rarely, other colitides.
Research
2,100 papers- Pouchitis: pathophysiology and management.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024
- [Pouchitis].Ugeskrift for laeger · 2025
- AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Pouchitis and Inflammatory Pouch Disorders.Gastroenterology · 2024
- Pouchitis: diagnosis and management.Current opinion in gastroenterology · 2020
- Pouchitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2007
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Pouchitis is an umbrella term for inflammation of the ileal pouch, an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileum (the last section of the small intestine) in patients who have undergone a proctocolectomy or total colectomy (removal of the colon and rectum). The ileal pouch-anal anastomosis is created in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis, indeterminate colitis, familial adenomatous polyposis, cancer, or rarely, other colitides.
A variety of mechanisms can be the cause of pouchitis including inflammatory factors such as a dysbiosis sparked inflammation or Crohn's disease of the pouch, surgical causes including surgical join leaks and pelvic sepsis, or infectious from Clostridioides difficile (C Diff) or Cytomegalovirus (CMV). It is possible to have more than one factor causing pouch inflammation at the same time.