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Stoma-Related Surgical Emergencies

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Stoma is a frequent surgical necessity in both elective and emergency general surgery, including colon, rectal surgery, and in cancer conditions. In this chapter, early (less than 2 weeks) and late (more than 2 weeks) stoma-related complications will be addressed with discussion of methods to mitigate such complications.

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Thank you very much to Dr. Shukri M. Dahir for English language editing.

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  1. Division of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Arda Isik

  2. Division of Surgical Oncology, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Rajesh Ramanathan

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  1. General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Dept., Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

    Federico Coccolini

  2. General and Emergency Surgery Dept., Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

    Fausto Catena

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Isik, A., Ramanathan, R. (2023). Stoma-Related Surgical Emergencies. In: Coccolini, F., Catena, F. (eds) Textbook of Emergency General Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22599-4_81

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