Open AccessEarly versus conventional stoma closure following bowel surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Thirugnanasambandam Nelson,
Amuda Ravichandar Pranavi,
Sathasivam Sureshkumar,
G Sreenath,
Vikram Kate
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_445_17
Subject(s) - medicine , stoma (medicine) , randomized controlled trial , surgery , quality of life (healthcare) , anastomosis , ileostomy , nursing
To compare early stoma closure with conventional stoma closure following defunctioning diversion stoma surgery with respect to the frequency of complications, health-related quality of life (QoL), and length of hospitalization (LoH).