PURPOSE To evaluate currently available, no-cost, Web-based patient support resources designed for those who have recently undergone ostomy surgery. DESIGN Descriptive, correlational study using telephone survey. SAMPLE AND SETTING The sample comprised 202 adults who had ostomy surgery within the previous 24 months in 1 of 5 hospitals within a large healthcare organization in the Midwestern...

BACKGROUND The predilection site of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia is the right-sided colon. Surgical exploration followed by segmental bowel resection and primary anastomosis or ileostomy is recommended, if vascular interventions are not feasible and conservative treatment fails. We assessed the outcome of patients in this life-threatening condition. METHODS From a prospective database 58...

BACKGROUND To overcome the shortage of medical care delivery in the rapidly aging Japanese society, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2010 started to train the nurses to be able to conduct the specified medical acts. The Japanese Nursing Association conducted the educational program to train the wound, ostomy, and continence nurses for the specified medical act of wound care. Howeve...

Malignancy associated with a long-standing ileostomy is a rare occurrence reported as early as 3 years after ileostomy placement. Patients most commonly present first to their ostomy care nurse with peristomal skin changes unresponsive to conservative measures. To elucidate presentation and management, two cases of male patients with ileostomy-related with malignancy (one lymphoma and one squam...

Peristomal skin complications are the most common reason ostomy patients visit an outpatient wound, ostomy, and continence nursing service. Prevention and management of peristomal skin complications are critical components of ostomy care. Identifying risk factors for the occurrence of peristomal skin complications according to types of injury and clinical features can help optimize assessment a...

aim : the aim of this was to investigate some clinical profiles and lifestyle changes in stoma patients. background : stoma patients experienced multiple complications due to their ostomy formation. patients and methods : a cross-sectional study performed on 102 random samples of stoma patients. any patient with adequate physical and mental capability to participate and having had an ostomy in ...

BACKGROUND Despite efforts to maintain the intestinal tissue and treat gastrointestinal disease, a large number of patients undergo ostomy surgery each year. Using stoma reduces the patient's quality of life (QOL) greatly. Although there are approximately 3000 patients in Iran; there is little information about the impact of stoma on their QOL. AIMS The study aims to evaluate QOL of stoma pat...