Before surgery | 2 months with diverting stoma | 4 months with diverting stoma | 7 months after bowel reconstruction | |
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Values are mean (range) of 3–5 countings. | ||||
au, arbitrary units: no = 0, slight = 1, moderate = 2, and heavy = 3. | ||||
Epithelial cell degeneration (au 0–3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Collagenous band thickness (µm) | 30 (22–38) | 25 (2–50) | <10 | <10 |
Intraepithelial lymphocytes (No/100 enterocytes) | 17 (13–23) | 8 (5–11) | 14 (11–17) | 12 (9–16) |
Density of inflammatory (mononuclear cells) in lamina propria (au 0–3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |