One study compared the hospitalization burdens of individuals with diverticulitis and either Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, another form of IBD. It found that the burdens were actually ...

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 ...

“Now there’s at least one authorized [pouch] product, and so at the very least, I would think that the FDA could now take more forcible action on products that have not submitted any type of ...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of abdominal sacrocolpopexy with obliteration of the pouch of Douglas on anatomy and function of the posterior compartment. METHODS: We prospectively studied 33 ...