PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe the practice of 796 ostomy nurses in North America in 2014 related to peristomal skin issues. DESIGN Descriptive study. SUBJECTS AND SETTING Participants were 796 wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) and enterostomal therapy (ET) nurses currently practicing in the United States or Canada and caring for patients with ostomies. The collection o...

PURPOSE The range of peristomal skin complications reported in the literature varies from 10% to 70%. Inconsistent terminology as well as a lack of a standardized tracking tool may account for this variability. The purpose of this study was to describe peristomal skin complications seen by WOC nurses over a 1-year period using a standardized data collection tool and using the peristomal termino...

T-tubes are generally safe artificial airways used to stent and maintain the laryngotracheal airway in patients with stenosis or after laryngotracheal reconstruction. T-tube related airway complications are uncommon but potentially life-threatening. T-tube aspiration is rarely reported in the literature and may occur after coughing episodes and deep inspiration. Two cases of T-tube aspiration i...

Migration of a biliary stent from the intrahepatic biliary tract into the duodenum is a known complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The procedure to remove these stents has also been reported in the literature. We report on a case of T-tube migration into the duodenum, and describe the cause of migration and the technique to remove the migrated T-tube. This h...

A44yearoldwomanwas referredfromanotherhospital with a retained T-tube, She had an open cholecystectomy during which common bile duct was divided, This was recognised and an end-to-end anastomosis was performed about a number 12 T-tube, Postoperative recovery was uneventful and an early T-tube cholangiogram indicated satisfactory alignment without significant leak out of the ductal system. T tub...

The ostomy can be understood as a surgery that aims to produce new path for the exit of feces or urine from human body. By empirical observation, it is believed people with are unattended by Textile and Apparel Industry. In this sense, article present preliminary structure booklet development garments ostomized people. As data collection instruments, bibliographic survey scripted semi-structure...

Bile leaks after T-tube removal are a frequent cause of morbidity in orthotopic liver transplant recipients. The aim of this study was to determine factors that predict the development of these leaks in liver transplant recipients. Records of all patients who had undergone liver transplantation at the University of Washington Medical Center between January 1990 and September 1993 were reviewed....