OBJECTIVE To know the facilitating factors of the transition process from dependency to the self-care of people with a stoma. METHOD This is a descriptive study of qualitative approach, including 27 people with permanent stomas due to cancer. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and submitted to content analysis based on the Transition Theory as theoretical reference. ...

.. Objective: To study the frequency and types of complications in colostomy patients. Stuyd Design: Prospective cross sectional study. Setting: Department at Surgery, Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi. Period: 1st December 2009 to 30th November 2011. Material & methods: A total of 104 consecutive patients who end up with colostomy due to any reason were included in the study. Results: It wa...

Parastomal hernia continues to be a common and distressing problem for patients with stomas, and research investigating prevention strategies is scant. In March 2005 Thompson and Trainor reported that the introduction of a prevention programme for 1-year post-stoma surgery formation had significantly reduced the incidence of development of parastomal hernia. This was further supported by a foll...

AIMS The aim of this study was to explore treatment and healthcare experiences of people living with ileostomies, so nurses can build on best practice while caring for these patients. BACKGROUND Ileostomies, where the small intestine is re-directed out of a stoma in the abdominal wall so waste is collected using a bag, are used to treat conditions including inflammatory bowel disease. Existin...

abstract our patient was a 43-year-old woman with a suboccipital headache and pain in the upper cervical region from 3 years ago with a progressive generalized weakness in the last 3 months. neuroimaging study showed a dumbell shaped lesion with compression of the spinal cord in the cervical region that was identified as a neurinoma. the tumor had been completely removed by surgery but after th...

drug interaction may cause sever adverse drug reactions in patients. the high amounts of prescribed medication in hospitalized patients will cause higher incidence of drug interactions. therefore, the study of drug interactions in hospitalized patients seems to be worth. we have, studied drug interaction in internal and surgical units, in kashani hospital in shahrekord. factors included in this...

purpose: compaison of excyclotorsion induced by horizontal transposition of vertical rectus muscles versus vertical transposition of horizontal rectus muscles in rabbit eyes. methods: in this exprimental study, group 1 underwent full tendon nasal transposition of the superior rectus and full tendon temporal transposition of the inferior rectus (10 adult rabbits); group 2 underwent superior tran...

surgical removal of impacted third molars is amongst the most common surgical procedures performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. every year many articles are published in different journals regarding different aspects in such surgeries. it is necessary to translate such vast amounts of data into simple and easily comprehensible sentences for the students of dentistry and oral surgery. thi...