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 pl...

RATIONAL The person who undergoes a definitive intestinal ostomy experience significant changes in social and family dynamics. Most of the time the patients are fragile by risk due to the new situation. AIM To analyze the social dynamics of people with permanent intestinal stoma. METHOD Qualitative research on the basis of information collected at the time of the monthly withdrawal of colle...

PURPOSE Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) requiring surgical intervention is associated with mortality rates approaching 50%. We evaluated outcomes of patients that underwent surgical treatment for NEC with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) of the abdomen as compared with traditional laparotomy, bowel resection, and ostomy creation. METHODS A retrospective review identified 26 patients from 2007 to...

Ostomy skin barriers that incorporate a convexity feature have been available in the marketplace for decades, but limited resources are available to guide clinicians in selection and use of convex products. Given the widespread use of convexity, and the need to provide practical guidelines for appropriate use of pouching systems with convex features, an international consensus panel was convene...

This paper attempts to examine and measure ostomates’ preferences for improvements in ostomy pouches. Described are the study design, elicitation procedure and resulting preference structure of the Swedish ostomate sample. The method used to elicit the preferences is a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE), where respondents are asked to choose between alternatives in choice sets. Each alternative i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the causes, clinical presentation, diagnosis, operative management, postoperative care, and outcome in infants with intestinal atresia. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Pediatric tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS A population-based sample of 277 neonates with intestinal atresia and stenosis treated from July 1, 1972, through April 30, 1997. The level...

A 64-year-old man with multiple comorbidities (obesity and metabolic syndrome, dilated cardiomyopathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic renal insufficiency, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and colonic diverticula) underwent anterior resection for distal rectal cancer with protective ileostomy. A few days later, enteral juice was flowing from surgical drains; an urgent endoscopy with fluorosc...