Open AccessCOMPLICATIONS OF COLOSTOMY;
Author(s) -
Muhammad Ashraf,
M. Shahbaz Bakht Kayani,
Shahid Mahmood,
Saad Sultan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.03.2034
Subject(s) - medicine , colostomy , stoma (medicine) , malignancy , surgery , general surgery
Objective: To study the frequency and types of complications in colostomypatients. Stuyd Design: Prospective cross sectional study. Setting: Department at Surgery, FaujiFoundation 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 wereincluded in the study. Results: It was noted that 52 patients had stoma due to malignancy andcomplications was noted in 40 patients. Same number of Patients operated for non-malignantdisease i.e. 52. Complications noted in only 24 patients while 28 were without complications.Conclusions: The chances of complications in different type of stomas are much higher in caseof malignancy. It is recommended that such operations are performed by senior surgeons inorder to avoid post-operative morbidity and mortality.