METHODS: During the 20-year period from 1978 to 1998, 601 patients underwent colectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis, familial colonic polyposis, or Hirschsprung's ...

3 Other complications stemming from IPAA, as noted above, included CLDP and pouch failure. In this population, it was found that the incidence of both CLDP and pouch failure increased slightly ...