Definitions
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- noun
inflammation of theileal pouch (an artificial rectum surgically created out of ileal gut tissue in patients who have undergone a colectomy).
Etymologies
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Examples
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To prevent and treat pouchitis, a condition that can follow surgery to remove part of the colon
The Doctor is In MD Travis L. Stork 2010
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To prevent and treat pouchitis, a condition that can follow surgery to remove part of the colon
The Doctor is In MD Travis L. Stork 2010
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To prevent and treat pouchitis, a condition that can follow surgery to remove part of the colon
The Doctor is In MD Travis L. Stork 2010
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To prevent and treat pouchitis, a condition that can follow surgery to remove part of the colon
The Doctor is In MD Travis L. Stork 2010
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Of these, 8 exhibited the same pattern of deregulation as in the pouchitis/pouch remission group.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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A study group led by Dr. Patrizia Brigidi from Italy, profiled protein expression in mucosal biopsies from patients with chronic refractory pouchitis following antibiotic or probiotic treatment, using a comparative proteomic approach.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The most common complication of this surgery is pouchitis, a non-specific inflammatory condition at the ileal pouch reservoir occurring in up to 50% of patients, with 10%% of these patients becoming chronic sufferers.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the protective effects of probiotics against pouchitis onset.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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The management of pouchitis is largely empirical and only a few small placebo-controlled clinical trials have been conducted.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Their findings suggest the involvement of enterocyte mitochondrial dysfunction and perturbed cytoskeletal structure into pouchitis pathophysiology.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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