Patients undergoing IPAA (n=35)
Female/male
Median age at the diagnosis (years)
Median duration between diagnosis and surgery (years)
Indication for surgery
  1. Refractory disease
  2. Dysplasia/cancer
Extension of UC
  1. Extensive
  2. Left-sided colitis
Smoking behaviour at surgery
  1. Smoker
  2. Nonsmoker
Presence of extraintestinal manifestations
Average number of surgical interventions
Presence of pouchitis 		22/13 (63/37%)
29.7 (12-60) 8.2 (0.1-24) 34 (97%)
1 (3%) 27 (77%)
8 (23%) 6 (17%)
29 (83%)
9 (26%)
2.6 (2-6)
14 (40%)
Table 1: Characteristics of patients undergoing IPAA procedure.