It is estimated that in the world 2019 there were 1.3 million people living with an ostomy, and each year US around 100,000 colostomies are made, most of which performed due to trauma or cancer, offering a fairly good alternative In acute cases but they not exempt from complications , one less frequent ostomal necrosis generally managed surgically we present case patient who advanced cervical c...

Background: Colostomy creation and reversal procedures are common procedures, frequently performed by surgeons working in Ethiopia. Collected information is lacking concerning the outcome of colostomy reversal procedures in the country. Methods: A hospital based retrospective analysis was undertaken to describe the patterns of patients who underwent colostomy reversal, the timing of colostomy r...

As for today, despite the large number of modifications of colostomy performing, complications of them have a high percentage [1,2]. The incidence of complications in children’s colostomy depends on many factors, primarily on its type and varies widely from 25.2 to 54.3% [3]. The most frequent complications of colostomy are peristomal dermatitis, festering of parastomal fiber, parastomal hernia...

BACKGROUND The construction of a colostomy is a common procedure, but the evidence for the different parts of the construction of the colostomy is lacking. Parastomal hernia is a common complication of colostomy formation. The aim of this study is to standardise the colostomy formation and to compare three types of colostomy formation (one including a mesh) regarding the development of parastom...

HYPOTHESIS For temporary fecal diversion, transverse colostomy (TC) has superior safety, but loop ileostomy (LI) has superior management qualities. METHODS Of patients with TC or LI seen between 1988 and 1997, 63 patients were matched for diagnosis, operative procedure, and date of surgery. The 2 groups were then compared for hospital/postoperative mortality and morbidity and stoma complicati...

Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is one of the rare disorder of Mullerian agenesis leading to non-development of uterus and vagina. Its association with anorectal malformation is rare. We report a case of MRKH syndrome with recto-vestibular in a female child. The child had undergone a sigmoid loop colostomy in the neonatal period. On clinical examination of the perineum, a fistula...

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of superior rectal artery is an unusual cause of massive lower gastrointestinal bleed. We are reporting the first case as we could not come across any similar report in the literature. Patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, diversion sigmoid loop colostomy, perineal wound debridement and antiseptic dressing for traumatic perineal wound. Patient had repeated episode o...

A 2-day-old male baby presented with abdominal distension and failure to pass meconium. The perineal examination revealed normally placed patent anus. A rectal examination with thermometer revealed a resistance at 2-3cm from the anal verge. A contrast enema was given to document the suspicion of rectal atresia. The contrast enema revealed a 2cm long stenosis of the rectum opening abruptly into ...