Postoperative Complications of Colostomy Closure.

Colostomy Closure: Risk Factors for Complications

BACKGROUND : The restoration of intestinal continuity is an elective procedure that is not free of complications; on the contrary, many studies have proven a high level of morbidity and mortality. It is multifactorial, and has factors inherent to the patients and to the surgical technique. AIM : To identify epidemiological features of patients that underwent ostomy closure analyzing the infor...

Intestinal obstruction after colostomy closure.

(See pages 1030–1 for the Photo Quiz) Figure 1. The dimensions and the unilateral, flattened shape of the longitudinally sectioned structures clearly identify these as eggs of Enterobius vermicularis (thin arrows). The thick arrow indicates an elongated structure protruding from 1 of the eggs; this represents a hatching larva trapped in the inflammatory mass (original magnification, ϫ40). Diagn...

Colostomy. Indications, management and complications.

study of short-term complications and advantages of peritoneal closure or non-closure at cesaeran

In the randomized clinical trial 200 pregnant women reffred to Niknafs maternity center from November 1997 to May 1998 were divided into two groups and underwent cesarean section.in the first group (control) the parietal and visceral peritoneum were approximated with delayed absorbable material whereas in the second group (case) the parietal and visceral peritoneum were left open.the mean age o...

[Morbidity and mortality associated to loop colostomy and ileostomy closure].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the morbidity and mortality of operations for closure of loop colostomies and ileostomies. METHODS We analyzed epidemiological data, postoperative complications, morbidity and mortality of patients who underwent operations for closure of loop colostomies and ileostomies. We excluded patients whose data could not be obtained from the files and operations that required lap...