Female fertility after laparoscopic pouch surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Restorative proctocolectomy and pregnancy; Surgery; Restorative proctocolectomy

• Registration Number: ISRCTN85421386
• Lead Sponsor: Academic Medical Centre (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 179

Inclusion Criteria

1. All living females who had IPAA between 1993 - 2009
2. IPAA in one of three tertiary referral centres in Belgium and the Netherlands
3. IPAA could be single- or two-stage and laparoscopic or open
4. At the time of IPAA patients had to be under 41 years of age
5. At the time of the study patients had to be 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal to participate
2. Does not meet inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time (months) to first natural pregnancy after IPAA

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Time (months) to any first pregnancy after IPAA, including pregnancies after fertility treatment<br>2. Subgroup analyses are planned for UC and FAP patients separately, since previous studies have shown different fertility outcomes after IPAA for these groups of patients