Vitamin D Deficiency is Common in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis After Total Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2022 Dec 1;28(12):1924-1926. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izac093.
No abstract available

Keywords: colectomy; pouchitis; ulcerative colitis; vitamin D.

Plain language summary

In a retrospective study of 412 patients with ulcerative colitis who underwent total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis and had subsequent pouchoscopy, low 25-hydroxyvitamin D was common and was not significantly associated with age, sex, ethnicity, or precolectomy medication use.

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / adverse effects
  • Colitis, Ulcerative* / surgery
  • Colonic Pouches* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Pouchitis* / etiology
  • Proctocolectomy, Restorative* / adverse effects
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vitamin D Deficiency* / complications