The person with an ostomy may focus on the negative aspects of the stoma rather than its function to the detriment of self-image, acceptance of a new lifestyle, and ability to self-care. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to explore factors involved in the adaption process of persons with a gastrointestinal stoma with a focus on the role of nonspecialist professional nurses i...

BACKGROUND Emergency surgery for colon cancer, as a result of obstruction, has been vitiated by a high frequency of complications and poor survival. The concept of "bridge to surgery" includes either placement of self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) or diverting stoma of an obstructing tumour and subsequent planned resection. The aim of this study was to compare acute resection with stoma or s...

The number of people requiring palliative or hospice care who have a fecal or urinary diversion is increasing, but the literature about the number of persons with a stoma receiving end-of-life care, or research to help guide that care, is very limited. A broader review of the literature and clinical experience indicate that several progressive changes will affect the ability of persons with a s...

Tubeless cutaneous ureterostomy by Toyoda's method was conducted in 67 ureters from 43 patients during the last 9 years. Subjects included 30 males and 13 females, with an average age of 61.4 years. Most of them were afflicted with malignant tumors in the bladder, rectum, prostate, or uterus. For bilateral ureterostomy, the double-barrel method was performed in which the stoma was made at the s...

Background. The rate of anastomotic leakage is high in surgeries for Crohn's disease, and therefore a temporary diverting stoma is often needed. We conducted this study to investigate whether preoperative nutritional therapy could reduce the risk of anastomotic leakage while decreasing the frequency of temporary stoma formation. Methods. This was a retrospective study. Patients requiring bowel ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic stoma formation has gained wide acceptance as an alternative to open abdominal surgery. Although laparoscopic stoma formation has a low morbidity, complications have been reported. Contributing factors to these complications are twisting of the bowel, maturing the wrong limb, or both of these. In this report, we describe a simple technique that can reduce these complicat...

A temporary stoma is commonly used following rectal cancer surgery because a stoma has been reported to lower the clinical leak rate and the reoperation rate [1]. The use of a temporary stoma has been increasing due to the introduction and increased use of preoperative chemoradiotherapy (PCRT) in the era of rectal cancer surgery because PCRT was expected to facilitate sphincter preservation in ...

Abstract
 This study was carried out to determine the leaf stoma characteristics and SPAD value of total 18 grape varieties (10 local 8 commercial) grown in Kayseri region. Among ranged from 29.23 (Çekirdeksiz) 42.26 (Kara Burcu), frequency (stoma/mm2) 85.99 Burcu) 136.83 (Tarsus Beyazı). Although there a positive correlation between width length, these parameters did not show statistical ...