Abstract
Restorative retocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the surgical procedure of choice for ulcerative colitis (UC), which is refractory to clinical therapy and for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) with many rectal polyps. A common complication after this procedure in UC patients is pouchitis, being rare in FAP. Previous studies showed an increase of pro-inflammatory cy…