Itabashi Michio    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine    Position   Professor (Fixed Term)
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	A treatment strategy for preventing pouchitis as a postoperative complication of ulcerative colitis: the significance of the management of cuffitis.
Journal	Formal name：Surgery today Abbreviation：Surg Today ISSN code：(1436-2813)0941-1291(Linking)
Volume, Issue, Page	44(9),pp.1730-4
Author and coauthor	Hashimoto Takuzo, Itabashi Michio, Ogawa Shinpei, Hirosawa Tomoichiro, Bamba Yoshiko, Kaji Sanae, Ubukata Mamiko, Nakao Sayumi, Kameoka Shingo
Publication date	2014/09
Summary	The cumulative incidence rate of pouchitis was 10.6% at 1 year, 15.1% at 2 years and 31.0% at 5 years. Controlling cuffitis is important to prevent pouchitis.
DOI	10.1007/s00595-014-0974-5
PMID	25022954