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The reported incidence of pouchitis varies from 7–43% in patients following restorative proctocolectomy, although it is not clear if different series are describing the same condition. Recent work has documented an incidence of 11% on the basis of specifically defined clinical, sigmoidoscopic and histological criteria of acute inflammation. Despite this, the definition of pouchitis remains unclear and the diagnosis difficult due to the relapsing and remitting nature of the disorder and its patchiness at a macroscopic and microscopic level.
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Kmiot, W.A., Keighley, M.R.B. (1991). Pouchitis: defining an objective method of diagnosis. In: Nicholls, R.J., Mortensen, N.J.M., Northover, J.M.A. (eds) Topics in Colorectal Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76281-9_21
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