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Technical Complications of Ileostomy

Authors: GEORGE BABCOCK, MD, BRACK A. BIVINS, MD, CHARLES R. SACHATELLO, MD

Abstract

A review of 45 patients with ileostomy revealed a complication rate of 24%. A higher incidence of complications was seen in those patients who were obese (80%), who had chronic ulcerative colitis (45%), or who had an emergency ileostomy because of a surgical complication (50%). Strict attention to technic should prevent the majority of these complications.

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