The section deals with classification of microscope images of Picea Abies stomas. There is an assumption that a stoma character strongly depends on the level of air pollution, so that stoma can stand for an important environmental bioindicator. According to the level of stoma incrustation it is possible to distinguish several classes of stoma structures. A proposal of an algorithm enabling the ...

UNLABELLED Stoma complications occur in 21-75% of patients, and 30% of them require redo surgery within 10 years after previous surgical treatment. Medical treatment is successful in most cases with no need for surgery. However, severe stoma complications are the real challenge for medical team and require an individual approach to each patient. The aim of the study was to report stoma patients...

BACKGROUND Preoperative stoma site marking and counseling aim to improve patients' rehabilitation and adaptation to a new medical condition. Objective studies are needed to provide evidence of the impact of care by stoma therapists. Key quality indicators include patients' quality of life, independence, and complication rates as affected by the variable modes of stoma site marking and planning....

BACKGROUND After a low anterior resection, creating a defunctioning stoma is vital for securing the anastomosis in low-lying rectal cancer patients receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Although it decreases the complication and reoperation rates associated with anastomotic leakage, the complications that arise before and after stoma closure should be carefully evaluated and managed. METHOD...

UNLABELLED Stoma is an intestinal fistula created in emergency or by elective indications, and it is done to drain out the digestive tract content. In some patients there is a disturbance passage of gastric contents through the stoma, which may take the form of chronic constipation or even periodic subileus that will sooner or later require surgical treatment. The aim of the study was the asses...

OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of stoma maturation on pediatric tracheostomy-related complications and to report the incidence of pediatric tracheostomy-related complications. DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review and data analysis. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS A total of 172 consecutive patients who underwent tracheotomy during a 4-year period. INTERVENTION ...

PURPOSE Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common complications that can occur after stoma closure. Reports have described differences in the incidence of wound infection depending on the skin closure technique, but there is no consensus on the ideal closure technique for a stoma wound. The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of SSI and the patient satisfaction between ...

Purpose The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors of stoma re-creation after closure of diverting ileostomy in patients with rectal cancer who underwent low anterior resection (LAR) or intersphincteric resection (ISR) with loop ileostomy. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 520 consecutive patients with rectal cancer who underwent LAR or ISR with loop ileostomy from January 2005 ...

Stoma prolapse represents one of the most common late complications, occurring in 1-16%. Final rate depends on systematic follow up of the patient and the primary technique. A 49-year-old male patient presented in the Emergency Department, complaining about stoma prolapse, pain and stoma care difficulties. On admission, his colostomy protruded ~20 cm from the skin. The symptoms were local pain ...

© 2 01 5 M A H ea lth ca re L td Intestinal stomas are created for a variety of reasons, including acute diverticulitis, trauma, and inflammatory bowel disease. However, cancer is by far the most prevalent reason for the formation of a stoma, and has been shown to account for more than half of the cases in a large post-marketing clinical study (Andersen et al, 2011). In Europe, survey results h...