Community members often evaluate health conditions more negatively than do the patients who have them. The authors investigated whether experience with a health condition reduces this discrepancy by surveying colostomy patients by mail (n = 195), some of whom (n = 100) had their colostomies reversed and normal bowel function restored. The authors also surveyed a community sample recruited via t...

Background: In high anorectal malformations (ARM), surgical management includes initial colostomy at neonatal period followed by abdominoperineal posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PSARP) without a protective colostomy. Aims and Objectives: The aims of this study were as follows: (i) To evaluate whether 2 stage PSARP gives better outcome for ARM than three (ii) to assess overall stay duration, ...

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...

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...

After resection of the distal part of the colon due to different pathological reasons, a colostomy is common practice. Patients with a colostomy have no control over the evacuation of the colon content. Currently, they have to wear a colostomy bag, or to perform irrigation procedures in order to empty the colon. An alternative for emptying the colon could be the use of electrically induced colo...

PURPOSE This paper presents an analysis of surgical treatment costs for left colostomy, aiming to calculate a medium cost per procedure and to identify the means to maximize the economic management of this type of surgicale procedure. MATERIALS AND METHOD A retrospective study was conducted on a group of 8 patients hospitalized in the 4th Surgery Department,Emergency University Hospital Bucha...