Long-term outcomes of colectomy surgery among patients with ulcerative colitis

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Table 4 Report of work productivity, eating restrictions, and stool frequency among participants with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis prior to surgery (N = 330)

Characteristic	N	%
Has your work productivity changed compared to before surgery?
No change	49	15
Slightly more to much more productive	163	49
Slightly less to much less productive	108	33
Missing	10	3
Have your eating restrictions changed compared to before surgery?
Fewer	127	39
Same	87	26
More	110	33
Missing	6	2
Has your stool frequency changed compared to before surgery?^a
Fewer	157	70
Same	20	9
More	45	20
Missing	2	1

Having mild disease prior to surgery is largely uncharacteristic of the pre-colectomy UC population, as colectomy is typically indicated for moderate to severe UC, and thus those patients were excluded from the selected analyses that specifically compared pre- and post-colectomy
^aOnly patients with an ileal pouch (n = 224, 68 %)