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In a retrospective study, the procedure and follow-up of 266 patients with 345 stomas on the small and large bowel were reviewed to reveal possible etiologic factors for stomal complications. The overall complication rate for creating a stoma was 36 percent. No differences in overall complication rate were encountered when comparing acute and elective management; however, high output stomas and necrosis were encountered more often in the acutely managed group. Preoperative contamination was followed more often by stomal retraction. Septic events, however, occurred less frequently than in the noncontaminated procedures. Adequate supply with antibiotics might account for the lack of difference in these complications between the two groups. Antibiotics might not have prevented low-grade infections giving rise to retractive reaction. The influence of body weight was evaluated by the Quetelait index. It was demonstrated that moderate obesity had no significant influence on the outcome of the procedure. Adipose patients had a statistically significant larger number of necroses. This may be due to the relatively short and fatty mesenterium causing a compromised circulation. The outcome of stoma surgery was greatly influenced by bowel quality. Crohn's disease and bowel ischemia were encountered in 50 percent of stoma complications. In ischemic disease, significantly more necrosis was found. Retration of the stoma occurred more often in Crohn's disease. Chronic ulcerative colitis did not have a higher complication rate.
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Leenen, L.P.H., Kuypers, J.H.C. Some factors influencing the outcome of stoma surgery. Dis Colon Rectum 32, 500–504 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02554506
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