A Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Early Stoma Complications.

A Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Early Stoma Complications. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2017 Jan;63(1):28-32 Authors: Koc U, Karaman K, Gomceli I, Dalgic T, Ozer I, Ulas M, Ercan M, Bostanci E, Akoglu M Abstract Despite advances in surgical techniques and products for stoma care, stoma-related complications are still common. A retrospective analysis was performed of the medical records of 462 consecutive patients (295 [63.9%] female, 167 [36.1 %] male, mean age 55.5 ± 15.1 years, mean body mass index [BMI] 25.1 ± 5.2) who had undergone stoma creation at the Gastroenterological Surgery Clinic of Turkiye Yuksek İhtisas Teaching and Research Hospital between January 2008 and December 2012 to examine the incidence of early (ie, within 30 days after surgery) stoma complications and identify potential risk factors. Variables abstracted included gender, age, and BMI; existence of malignant disease; comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic respiratory disease); use of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; permanent or temporary stoma; type of stoma (loop/end stoma); stoma localization; and the use of preoperative marking of the stoma site. Data were entered and analyzed using statistical software. Descriptive statistics, chi-squared, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to describe and analyze all variables, and logistic regression analysis was used to determine independent risk factors for stoma compl...
Source: Ostomy Wound Management - Category: Surgery Tags: Ostomy Wound Manage Source Type: research