Pouch failure rate?

KiaMember

It never occurred to me that a pouch could fail. Then again, no complications ever occurred to me unless I experienced them.

My GI was telling me it is not unusual for a pouch to shrink, not stretch or fail after a few decades.

I've had mine 22 years and had no plans for the thing to fail some day!

Are there stats on failure rate? Do elderly people often lose them?

I'm a long way off from the golden years, but I sure would appreciate gliding through them peacefully. I figure I've done my time up front!

I know, life doesn't work that way many times. But one can hope!

3/15/1312:23 AM

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skn69Member

Kia,
I would check out the CC to see if they have stats along with the Mayo (do they still do them?)...they would be my references...
I know a lot of people who are 'getting on in their years' and do no have pouch problems...it is a very individual thing...some k pouchers have had theirs for over 30yrs without a hitch and others, like me, had to go through the loops to get things fixed, repaired and up and go again...(by the way...it had never occured to me either!)
Sharon

3/15/133:25 AM

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notsotoughMember

Unfortunately there willnot be an absolute answer to your question because pouch surgery was a relatively new procedure and only in recent years has been performed in greater numbers so the figures are being collected on older pouches and older people. I understand from work publihed to date that if you have a well functioning pouch the odds are still in your favour for it continuing to work- I think many people on the forum have looked at this and will possibly be able to report on their investigations.

3/15/135:10 AM

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