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Complications of abdominal stoma surgery
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 1998 · Vol. 41(12) · pp. 1562–1572
Paul C. Shellito✉(Massachusetts General Hospital)
Abstract
Stoma creation is not a trivial undertaking; careful surgical technique minimizes complications (which are relatively frequent), and promotes good ostomy function. Peristomal hernias are difficult to cure permanently. The morbidity of ileostomy and colostomy closure is also appreciable.
Stoma care and complicationsColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsDiverticular Disease and ComplicationsMedicineIleostomyColostomyStoma (medicine)Colorectal surgerySurgeryGeneral surgeryAbdominal surgeryComplication
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ColonColostomyHumansIleostomyIleumPostoperative ComplicationsSurgical Stomas
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