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Life Table analysis of stomal complications following colostomy

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum · 1994 · Vol. 37(9) · pp. 916–920

Eduardo Londoño-Schimmer✉(St Mark's Hospital)A. P. K. Leong(St Mark's Hospital)R K S Phillips(St Mark's Hospital)

Abstract

The evidence in this study that spans a 22-year period questions much surgical technical dogma and raises the possibility that parastomal hernias may, like inguinal hernias, represent a failure in the transversalis fascia that might technically be avoidable.

Stoma care and complications Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Diverticular Disease and ComplicationsMedicineSurgeryAbdominal wallHerniaColostomyComplicationFasciaStoma (medicine)Retrospective cohort studyGeneral surgery

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Middle AgedRecurrenceReoperationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overColostomyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHernia, VentralHumansIntestinal ObstructionMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

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433

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3.74

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93%

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Parastomal hernia