Time frame
Baseline data will be collected after colectomy for all patients. The reconstructed patients will then be followed at 2 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 5 years. Those patients that receive a loop ileostomy at reconstruction will also be followed 2 months after reconstruction before closure of the loop. For those patients the loop closure is considered the index operation. The patients that choose to (or are deemed to) keep their end ileostomies will be followed at 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 5 years after colectomy (Fig. Timeline describing the collection of QoL and functional score questionnaires in the study population