Is stoma care effective in terms of morbidity in complicated ileostomies?

International Journal of General Medicine
Pinar SarkutTuncay Yilmazlar

Abstract

Performing transient or permanent ileostomy is one of the common procedures involved in colorectal surgery. Complication rates up to 40% have been reported in ileostomies. In this report, the effect of specific stoma care unit on ileostomy and its complications were investigated. A total of 141 patients, who were operated and underwent ileostomy, due to different causes, at Department of General Surgery, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey, between 2003 and 2006, were examined, retrospectively. Patient records were examined in terms of age, sex, surgery indications, urgent/elective state, benign/malign origin, ileostomy type, complications and stoma care, and education. χ(2) test was used to compare the categorical data. Among the patients, 95 (67%) were male and 46 (33%) were female. The mean age was 47 years (17-67). Some of the subjects (49%) were operated urgently and some (51%) were under elective conditions. The ileostomy types used included the following: end ileostomy (43%), loop ileostomy (46%), and double-barrel ileostomy (11%). Permanent ileostomy was performed in 23 patients and transient ileostomy was performed in 118 patients. The patients were operated because of either benign (48%) or malign (52%) causes. Complicat...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2018·Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England·Tam MalikA B Harikrishnan

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