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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2013; 19(38): 6458-6464
Published online Oct 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i38.6458
Diet of patients after pouch surgery may affect pouch inflammation
Orit Ianco, Hagit Tulchinsky, Michal Lusthaus, Amos Ofer, Erwin Santo, Nachum Vaisman, Iris Dotan
Orit Ianco, Amos Ofer, Erwin Santo, Iris Dotan, Comprehensive Pouch Clinic, IBD Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
Hagit Tulchinsky, Comprehensive Pouch Clinic and the Proctology Unit, Department of Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
Michal Lusthaus, Nachum Vaisman, Unit of Clinical Nutrition, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
Orit Ianco, Hagit Tulchinsky, Michal Lusthaus, Amos Ofer, Erwin Santo, Nachum Vaisman, Iris Dotan, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
Author contributions: Ianco O significantly contributed to data acquisition and drafting the manuscript; Lusthaus M contributed to data acquisition; Ofer A contributed to the study design; Vaisman N contributed to the study design and the interpretation of the results; Santo E contributed to data analysis and manuscript revision; Tulchinsky H and Dotan I planned and designed the study, recruited patients, assessed their clinical status, and contributed to data analysis and the writing of the manuscript.
Supported by A generous grant from the Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust (Partially)
Correspondence to: Iris Dotan, MD, Comprehensive Pouch Clinic, IBD Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel. irisd@tasmc.health.gov.il
Telephone: +97-23-6947305 Fax: +97-23-6974184
Received: June 12, 2013
Revised: August 6, 2013
Accepted: August 20, 2013
Published online: October 14, 2013
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Core Tip

Core tip: The diet of patients who had pouch surgery differed significantly from that of healthy individuals. Patients with pouchitis consumed significantly fewer fruit servings and antioxidants than patients with normal pouches, thus possibly exposing the former to inflammatory and oxidative stress. The body mass index of patients with pouchitis was significantly lower than patients with normal pouches, probably as a result of the continuous inflammatory burden.