J-pouch surgery can be an option to treat ulcerative colitis (UC) if medication is not working to manage your symptoms. J-pouch surgery typically involves two or three separate procedures.

One type of surgery to treat UC, sometimes called J-pouch surgery, is commonly used for treatment. The first step in the process is to remove your entire large intestine, or colon and rectum.

I experienced a second huge flare-up of IBD. The little bit of rectum that was left untouched in my first bowel surgery – the part that left me with the option of a J-pouch – went off.

Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013;7(3):215-223. In a small pediatric case series, a manometry study of the neorecto-anal function revealed similar maximum neorectal tolerated threshold volume ...

This procedure is commonly used to treat ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and familial adenomatous polyposis. It is often done in a minimally invasive fashion which involves the use of small ...

Despite current therapies, a significant number of children with ulcerative colitis require surgery. Most children who undergo colectomy proceed to receive a pouch surgery to remain in bowel ...

It is an inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), a category that also includes Crohn’s disease and indeterminate colitis. The ...

After removal of the colon, patients may require either an ostomy (bag) or reconstructive surgery, referred to as a "J-pouch" or ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). The choice of these options is ...

A new American Gastroenterological Association practice guideline provides strategies to reduce high rates of pouchitis after ...

When New Orleans native Melanie Storey found out she had ulcerative colitis (UC) in 2014 ... The next step was J-pouch surgery, the most common type of surgery for UC patients when drugs don ...

Patel, MDInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of conditions that cause inflammation in the digestive system. The two most common forms are ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Fatigue is the ...