Table 2: Complications following total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis.
| Short Term | Long Term |
| Wound infection | Pouchitis |
| Pelvic abscess | Bowel obstruction |
| Anastomotic stricture | Pouch dysfunction |
| Bowel obstruction | Pouch fistula |
| Pouch leak | Sexual dysfunction |
| Bleeding | Reduction in fecundity |