Care of ostomy patients

Ostomy patients’ perception of the health care received

AIM to describe ostomy patient's perception about health care received, as well as their needs and suggestions for healthcare system improvement. METHOD qualitative phenomenological study was conducted, involving individual and semi-structured interviews on the life experiences of 21 adults who had a digestive stoma. Participants were selected following a purposive sampling approach. The anal...

Ostomy care and radiation therapy.

AB042. Rehabilitation period care for patients with urinary ostomy

The bladder tumor is the most common tumor in the urinary system and is mostly malignant. Its morbidity and mortality were the first in urinary reproductive system tumor. Surgical treatment is the best choice for the current bladder tumor, including transurethral resection of the bladder tumor, partial cystectomy, and total cystectomy. Bladder total resection and urinary diversion is the gold s...

Use of Convexity in Ostomy Care

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...

Social Marginalization of Patients with Ostomy: A Content- Based Analysis

Background: A few studies have addressed the impact of stoma on patients’ social life. This study aimed to understand the problems leading to social isolation of patients undergoing ostomy. Methods: A conventional qualitative content analysis by unstructured interviews was conducted on 27 patients with intestinal or urinary diversion ostomy recruited from the Iranian Ostomy&nbs...