Infants with an ileostomy can be at high risk of hypoglycemia because of inadequate nutritional intake; however, there are no reports investigating blood glucose (BG) in infants with ileostomy. We experienced a case of an extremely low birth weight infant who was born at 24 wk of gestation and weighted 623 g. He received an ileostomy because of an intestinal perforation. After the ileostomy, he...

PURPOSE A loop ileostomy is used to protect an anastomosis after anal sphincter-preserving surgery, especially in patients with low rectal cancer, but little information is available concerning risk factors associated with a nonreversal ileostomy. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors of ileostomy nonreversibility after a sphincter-saving resection for rectal cancer. METHODS ...

Malignancy associated with a long-standing ileostomy is a rare occurrence reported as early as 3 years after ileostomy placement. Patients most commonly present first to their ostomy care nurse with peristomal skin changes unresponsive to conservative measures. To elucidate presentation and management, two cases of male patients with ileostomy-related with malignancy (one lymphoma and one squam...

PURPOSE We evaluate here our experience with modified Cantwell-Ransley technique described by Gearhart for correction of isolated continent epispadias in adults with respect to its long-term functional outcome and complications. INTRODUCTION Isolated male epispadias is a rare anomaly with a reported incidence of 1 in 11,700 males. Many surgical techniques with various modifications described ...

Background: : Radiotherapy is an important factor which results in increase of anastomosis leakage. Diverting loop ileostomy has been usually performed after colorectal anastomosis with history of neo-adjuvant radiotherapy to decrease the chance of leakage. Considering this effect, we assessed the feasibility and outcome of human amniotic membrane in rectal anastomosis in dogs previously treate...

Biliary lipids of a case who developed in cholecystolithiasis 3 years after ileostomy were analyzed. The hepatic bile in this patient was supersaturated with cholesterol, secondary to the low bile acid pool after ileostomy. Therefore, care must be taken for the development in cholesterol gallstones after ileostomy or ileal resection. Preventive administration of the dissoluble agents for choles...

During rectal cancer surgery, we often make a temporary defunctioning stoma like an ileostomy or a colostomy to protect the anastomosis. Generally, as part of the primary surgery, an ileostomy is more common than a colostomy because the construction and reversal of an ileostomy is easier than that of a colostomy and because an ileostomy is associated with fewer stoma-related complications than ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS More data are warranted on the economic impact of different treatment strategies in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. We compared the costs and quality of life of UC patients with a pouch reconstruction, an ileostomy or anti-tumour necrosis factor α (TNFα) therapy. METHODS UC patients filled out 3-monthly questionnaires for 2 years. Differences in 3-monthly healthcare cost...

The effect on ileostomy function of codeine phosphate, Lomotil, or Isogel was tested in 20 subjects at home living a normal life, studied over two three-day periods on and off treatment. Codeine phosphate 60 mg three times daily was associated with a reduction in the mean total weight of ileostomy output and the ileostomy outputs of water, sodium, and potassium (p < 0.05). The proportion of fae...

iverting ileostomy was initially introduced and used by Turnbull and Weakley to provide fecal diversion in patients with toxic megacolon. Traditionally, transverse colostomy has been the preferred method for temporary proximal diversion in patients with colonic obstruction. 3 However, recently, diverting ileostomy has been popularized for proximal diversion, mainly for lack of an offensive odor...