Abstract Background Patients with ileocolic Crohn’s disease may require surgery resulting in temporary stoma formation. The impact on quality of life and morbidity related to stomas is well recognised timely reversal should be targeted alleviate this affect. This study aims determine the proportion reversed, timing reasons for non-reversal patients disease. Methods international retrospective t...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To summarize empirical evidence relating to stressors that may affect patients' psychosocial health following colostomy or ileostomy surgery during hospitalization and after discharge. DATA SOURCES An extensive search was performed on the CINAHL®, Cochrane Library, PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science electronic databases. DATA SYNTHESIS Eight arti...

Permanent fecal abdominal stomas significantly decrease quality of life. Previous attempts to create continent stomas by using dynamic myoplasty procedures have resulted in disappointing outcomes, primarily owing to denervation atrophy of the muscle flap that was used in the creation of the sphincter and because of muscle fatigue resulting from continuous electrical stimulation that is received...

Marine nematodes of the order Enoplida may represent the earliest lineage of nematodes and have a variety of fixed and movable feeding structures in their stomas. This study used an 18S ribosomal RNA phylogeny of the orders Enoplida and Triplonchida (subclass Enoplia) to explore the evolution of these feeding structures in light of previous hypotheses based solely on morphology. The Enoplida an...

BACKGROUND Urinary and fecal continence can be achieved by constructing catheterizable continent channels that provide access to the bladder and bowel. Some patients develop persistent stomal leakage. A minimally invasive method of injection with a bulking agent for treatment of stomal incontinence was evaluated. METHODS A retrospective review identified patients with incontinence of their ca...

AIMS To document the long term course of chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction syndrome (CIIPS) in children with defined enteric neuromuscular disease, and the place and type of surgery used in their management; in addition, to identify prognostic factors. METHODS Children with CIIPS were investigated and treated prospectively. RESULTS Twenty four children presented congenitally,...

of drugs is enhanced due to the drug being more charged inside the cell through these stomas (Figure 1). Particularly because cancer cells definitely have more fragile cellular membranes compared with normal cells, the formation of stomas or lacunars is most likely to happen with low-intensity ultrasound [3,4]. Furthermore, it has become clear that the concomitant therapy of anti-angiogenesis d...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of self-care education on knowledge and self-care agency of patients with colostomies and ileostomies. Methods: This intervention study was carried out with 64 stoma patients 32 of whom were intervention group and 32 of whom were control group at one university research hospital and two state hospitals at Eskisehir in Turkey. After stoma surgery, ...

The use of safe and cost-effective endoscopic techniques for the placement of tubes in the gastrointestinal tract has led to increased utilization of long-term enteral feeding in patients with impaired GI function, including many cancer patients. Of an estimated 148,000 US patients who received long-term enteral feeding outside hospitals in 1992, 43% were cancer patients. The technique of percu...

The aim of this article was to investigate the frequency, severity and diversity of peristomal skin disorders among individuals with a permanent stoma in a community population. All individuals with a permanent stoma (n=630) in a Danish community population were invited to participate in a cross-sectional study. A total of 202 individuals (101 men; 101 women) agreed to participate. Data were co...